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CNN ANCHOR TO DELIVER COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
CNN
anchor Judy Woodruff will deliver the address for Meredith
College’s Spring Commencement on Sunday, May 11 at 10
a.m. in McIver Amphitheater.
Woodruff attended Meredith College prior to earning her bachelor’s
degree from Duke University. A 30-year veteran of broadcast
journalism who joined CNN in 1993, Woodruff is CNN’s
prime anchor and senior correspondent. She anchors Inside
Politics with Judy Woodruff, the nation’s first program
devoted exclusively to politics.
Woodruff has covered politics and campaigns for most of her
career. She moderated the 1988 vice presidential debate and
has reported on every national political convention and presidential
campaign since 1976. Before joining CNN, Woodruff was the
chief Washington correspondent for The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.
From 1984-1990, she anchored public television’s award-winning
weekly documentary series Frontline with Judy Woodruff.
 Before
joining the NewsHour, Woodruff was chief Washington,
D.C., correspondent for NBC’s Today. She also
served as NBC News’ White House correspondent from 1977-1982,
covering both the Carter and Reagan administrations. Woodruff
joined NBC News as a general assignment reporter based in
Atlanta in 1975. From 1970-1974, she was a correspondent for
WAGA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Atlanta, where she reported
on the state legislature for five years and anchored the noon
and evening news. Her book, This is Judy Woodruff at the
White House, published in 1982 by Addison-Wesley, documents
her experiences as a journalist.
CNN received the 2002 Edward R. Murrow award in the Continuing
Coverage category for its Sept. 11, 2001, coverage of the
terrorist attacks, anchored by Woodruff and Aaron Brown. In
1997, Woodruff won the News and Documentary Emmy Award for
outstanding instant coverage of a single breaking news story
for CNN’s coverage of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing.
In 1996, Woodruff and Bernard Shaw won the CableACE Award
for Best Anchor Team for their work on Inside Politics.
In 1995, Woodruff won the CableACE for Best Newscaster. In
1995, the Freedom Forum awarded Woodruff and her journalist
husband, Al Hunt, the Allen H. Neuharth Award for Excellence
in Journalism.
In
1994, Woodruff became the first recipient of the National Women’s
Hall of Fame President’s 21st Century Award. That same
year, she and her husband were named “Washingtonians of
the Year” by Washingtonian magazine for their fundraising
work to fight spina bifida. In 1986, for Woodruff’s series
on national defense issues, the NewsHourwas awarded
the first Joan Shorenstein Barone Prize by the Washington Radio
and Television Correspondents’ Association.
Woodruff is a founding co-chair of the International Women’s
Media Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and
encouraging women in communication industries worldwide. She
serves on the boards of trustees of the Freedom Forum, the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and the Urban Institute.
Additional commencement information will be added to the Meredith
College web site as the event approaches.
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MEREDITH COLLEGE IN THE NEWS
 Arts
and events at Meredith College have been making news in local
media this spring.
The recent art exhibitions garnered extensive coverage. “Graphic
Design: Leading Perspectives” was featured in The Smithsonian
magazine, The Cary News, and in The NC State School
of Design newsletter. The News & Observer named
the related lecture by Paula Scher a “Best Bet.”
According to Gallery Director Ann Roth, 286 people attended
Scher’s lecture on Feb. 10.
“E.D.
(The Exhibit), the powerful exhibition exploring eating disorders,
was the subject of The News & Observer’s health
feature on Feb. 13. The article discussed artist Debora Myles’
personal connection to the artwork, and used the exhibition
as an opportunity to draw attention to the warning signs of
eating disorders. The Durham Herald-Sun and The Cary News
also covered the exhibition.
The North Carolina Dance Festival, hosted at Meredith in late
January, was featured in The News & Observer and
in The Independent.
Events leading up to the Science and Mathematics Building
opening celebration have also received attention. The News
& Observer ran an item about classes being held for
the first time in the new building, in its Monday, Jan. 13
“Footnotes” column highlighting happenings in higher
education. The “Manya” performance about the life
of Marie Curie was featured in The Durham Herald-Sun,
named a “Best Bet” by The News & Observer,
and the actress Susan-Marie Frontczak was interviewed by WUNC
radio.
Other science-related news articles included a feature about
Meredith student Kate Jarman’s undergraduate research
project in The Kinston Daily Free Press, one of Jarman’s
“hometown” newspapers.
News that Meredith had received a Kresge challenge grant,
which will fund scientific research equipment in the new building,
was also covered by The News & Observer and in
The Triangle Business Journal.
For more information on any “Meredith in the News”
item, contact the Office of Marketing and Communications at
marketing@meredith.edu.
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