Word: nbc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...NBC's Judy Woodruff wants, and gets, out of the White House...
Judy Woodruff leads one of the most glamorous lives in Washington. As a White House correspondent for NBC television, she has waltzed at state dinners, traveled with Presidents to New Delhi and Versailles. Acclaim has gilded every aspect of her life. Like many working mothers, Woodruff, 35, brought her infant son Jeffrey to the office one day; unlike other mothers, she was summoned to see President Reagan, who spent ten minutes bouncing the baby and chanting nursery rhymes...
...Reagan to functions devoid of news value, just in case something catastrophic might happen. Says Woodruff: "The practice is sometimes referred to ghoulishly as 'the death watch.' " When a crisis actually erupted, Woodruff was sometimes turned into a sort of impromptu anchor, transmitting information from other NBC reporters rather than going after it. Although she was an eyewitness to the attempted assassination of President Reagan, once she had scrambled back to the White House she spent most of the rest of the afternoon rooted to one spot, facing a camera, while fellow correspondents carrying updated information "shuttled between...
...surface calm is a tinge of feminist anger. She doubts that many TV news directors today would dare tell a young woman what her first boss told her: the station already had its quota of one woman reporter. But it rankles that many people confuse her with her NBC colleague Jessica Savitch, with CBS's Stahl and Diane Sawyer and with ABC'S Catherine Mackin, apparently because all are blond. Indeed, President Reagan once addressed Stahl as "Judy" at a press conference. Says Woodruff: "I do not notice many people confusing Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw." Moreover...
...races. Thereafter she will interview newsmakers on Today and ease into some coverage of her third consecutive presidential campaign. Sums up Woodruff: "I am hooked on Washington, but I have been pinned down at the White House. There is so much that I have not yet seen." Her boss, NBC News President Reuven Frank, agrees: "Judy will cover ideas and trends, not primarily spot news. The White House may be glamorous, but this is meatier." -By William A. Henry...