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Judy Woodruff Walks from CNN
Another anchor away.
CNN stalwart Judy Woodruff, currently the anchor of Inside Politics, has decided to get "outside" of the daily journalism grind and retire from the cable news network.
The veteran political reporter will leave when her contract expires in June, opting to pursue other projects and act as a consultant and occasional contributor to CNN.
"This gives me the opportunity to sit back, take a deep breath and think about what I want to do," Woodruff told the Associated Press. "I do want to stay in journalism. I'm not leaving journalism. I'm just leaving daily journalism."
CNN President Jon Klein says Woodruff was offered a new contract and several new projects but made her decision before negotiations even began.
"Judy just decided that 30 years was plenty for day-to-day journalism," Klein told the Hollywood Reporter, adding that he was thrilled she would be available to consult with the network.
"She is in the top tier of political journalists," he said.
"I've been blessed to have worked with an incredible team of talented people who know politics inside out," Woodruff told the Hollywood Reporter. "And I'm so proud of what we've done together on Inside Politics over the past 12 years."
Prior to Inside Politics, Woodruff served as NBC's chief White House correspondent from 1977 to 1982 and was the Today show's D.C. correspondent. She also hosted the PBS documentary series Frontline with Judy Woodruff from 1984 to 1990 and was a correspondent for The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. She moved to CNN full time in 1993, anchoring the network's nightly news alongside Bernard Shaw.
During her run, she's covered every political campaign since 1976, as well as several breaking news events, including the 9-11 terrorist attacks and the bombing at the 1986 Olympics in Atlanta.
Along the way she received many accolades, including an Emmy, an Edward R. Murrow Award and a couple of CableACE Awards.
Woodruff is following the lead of such old-guard network news peers as Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather and Ted Koppel. But she doesn't plan on disappearing completely . "I am exploring/discussing several long-form television projects," Woodruff told the Hollywood Reporter. "Nothing I can announce yet. But I'm very excited about what is possible.
CNN, meanwhile is doing some serious thinking on its future programming. Klein said he is considering sending the Woodruff-less Inside Politics to the scrap heap just months after pulling the plug on another CNN mainstay, Crossfire.
"Everything is in play," he said.
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