Bob Woodruff
Bob Woodruff
Robert "Bob" Warren Woodruffis an American television journalist. His career in journalism dates back to 1989, and he is widely known for succeeding Peter Jennings as the co-anchor of ABC News's weekday news broadcast, World News Tonight, in December 2005. In January 2006, Woodruff was critically wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq...
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth18 August 1961
CityBloomfield Hills, MI
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What's good for the viewers is good for us personally. One of the fears that Peter expressed to me over the years was that once you get to this chair, once you get to this position, you're not able to go out to the big stories and the things you've always loved your whole life as a journalist to do.
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I've never actually dug up any news story on a pedestal before. I don't understand the value of being on a pedestal.
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When I realized there was a job that existed in this world where I could be in the middle of huge world events and actually get paid for it, it was an epiphany for me.
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People will be able to get on their computer while they are still at work and get a good sense of what will be on broadcast that night or what ABC is working on that day.
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People want to know how the sausage is being made. I'm not sure what's going to work and what's not going to work, but the fact is we're committed to trying new things.
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One of the most amazing things was when we went into the convention center on Thursday,
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My entire focus is on my family and my recovery and getting back to the job I love. Invite me back next year. I'd love to raise a glass with you all to life.
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What people have always valued (are) anchors who have been out there. I've never dug up a story on a pedestal.
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Today, Mr. Bennett told us his comments were meant as hypothetical. He says that he was really trying to demonstrate the limitation of one argument by showing the absurdity of another.
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When you land at 2:30 in the morning, certain ministries aren't awake.
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When we walked in we were given a standing ovation, my crew and me.
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We can't afford to wait that long to see if the contract is right or wrong.
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It's really good for the reporters in the field, too, to know that when they do all this work and sometimes risk their lives to do it, there's a place that an audience can find it.
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It wasn't a decision that we made based on anything other than the fact that we didn't have a better idea (for economic development efforts) and we figured with new people coming in it would have been a good thing for them to look at,