The news side of PBS will see a new face as PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff confirmed Friday that she is stepping aside from the NewsHour anchor chair on Dec. 30.
“I have loved anchoring this extraordinary program, initially with my dear friend Gwen Ifill,” Woodruff said in a statement (h/t TV Newser). “To follow in the footsteps of Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil has been the honor of a lifetime.”
Puck News’ Tara Palmeri reported in May that Woodruff would leave the newscast sometime after the 2022 Midterm Elections, so the announcement might not have surprised some in the news media.
Regarding a long-term replacement, PBS will name Woodruff’s permanent successor at NewsHour later this year. Before joining the network, Woodruff spent time at CNN, hosting “Inside Politics” along with the late Bernard Shaw.
Additionally, Woodruff worked at covered national politics and the White House for NBC News in the 1970s and 1980s.
