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Judy Woodruff Q&A: ‘PBS NewsHour’ Veteran Talks About Her Final Days As Anchor, Her Next Assignment & Why Journalists Should Just “Be Covering The Story, Period”
Judy Woodruff will step away from the PBS NewsHour anchor desk on Friday, ending a chapter as one of the most trusted and well respected figures helming a newscast.
She will be handing the anchor duties to Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett, returning the broadcast to a co-anchor format, but Woodruff is…
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Amna Nawaz And Geoff Bennett To Succeed Judy Woodruff As ‘PBS NewsHour’ Anchors
UPDATE: In an interview with Deadline, Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett said that they would carry on the tradition set by Judy Woodruff on PBS NewsHour, but that they also were in sync on the future direction of the show.
The show’s return to a dual-anchor format also means that either of them may be in…
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Judy Woodruff To Embark On Two-Year Reporting Project After She Steps Down As ‘NewsHour’ Anchor At End Of 2022
Judy Woodruff will step down as anchor of PBS NewsHour on Dec. 30 and will begin a two-year project on Americans political divisions and whether they can be healed.
In a statement, Woodruff said, “I have loved anchoring this extraordinary program, initially with my dear friend Gwen Ifill. To follow…
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Mark Shields Dies: Longtime ‘PBS NewsHour’ Commentator Was 85
Mark Shields, who provided witty, informed and insightful analysis of politics on PBS NewsHour for more than three decades, has died.
Shields was 85. He died of kidney failure at his home in Chevy Chase, Md., on Saturday morning, a spokesperson for NewsHour told Deadline.
Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery…
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Judy Woodruff Announces Plans To Step Down As Anchor Of ‘PBS NewsHour,’ Will Transition To Reporting And Special Projects
UPDATE: Judy Woodruff announced to PBS NewsHour staffers that she will anchor the newscast through the end of the year and then transition to reporting longer pieces and doing projects and specials for WETA-TV.
In a memo, Woodruff wrote, “I love working at the PBS NewsHour and can't imagine it not being a part of my…
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Fauci: “We Are Certainly Right Now In This Country Out Of The Pandemic Phase”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, made a somewhat startling statement to Judy Woodruff on the PBS News Hour yesterday.
Fauci, who has long banged the drum of “we’re not out of this yet,” was asked by Woodruff how close we are to the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Fauci said that was “an…
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NATAS Names Lifetime Achievement Honorees; Sets Date For Daytime Emmys
LeVar Burton, Sir David Attenborough and This Old House are among the 2022 Lifetime Achievement honorees selected by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Days of Our Lives star John Aniston, sports journalist Lesley Visser and PBS News Anchor Judy Woodruff were also named, as was technology…
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By Lynette Rice
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Peabodys Honor Filmmaker Sam Pollard, PBS’ Judy Woodruff With Special Awards
EXCLUSIVE: Peabody on Thursday said that documentary producer-director and film and TV editor Sam Pollard has been awarded the Peabody Career Achievement Award, while longtime PBS and CNN anchor Judy Woodruff has won the Peabody Award for Journalistic Integrity.
The honors come after the organization earlier this week…
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Mark Shields To Step Down As Regular On ‘PBS NewsHour’
Mark Shields, who has been doing a regular segment on PBS NewsHour for more than 33 years, will step down from the broadcast on Dec. 18.
No successor has been named. He will remain at the NewsHour as senior contributor.
Shields, a syndicated columnist, and New York Times columnist David Brooks have been doing the…
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PBS’ Judy Woodruff “Got Lump In My Throat” First Time She Noted On Air That Donald Trump Told UnTruth
Covering President Donald Trump is particularly challenging in that he has no experience in government, PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff told TV critics at TCA.
“He comes from the world of entertainment and approaches the job with a mindset that fits the world that he came from. He has been brash, aggressive, he…
‘PBS NewsHour’ Co-Anchors Pick Conventions’ Most Powerful Moments – TCA
You can't get away from politics at today's PBS panels at TCA. The pubcaster this afternoon connected reporters and critics with the PBS NewsHour co-anchor/managing editor team of Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff via Skype from Philadelphia, where they are covering the final day of the Democratic National Convention.
An…
‘PBS NewsHour’ Seeks New Owner
MacNeil-Lehrer Prods., owner and co-producer of PBS NewsHour, is in talks with Washington D.C. public TV station WETA about taking it over. The station already is the co-producing partner of the program currently owned by the production company founded by its original anchors, Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil. These…
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