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In this Nov. 5, 2007 file photo, Bob Woodruff arrives at the 2007 Glamour Magazine "Women of the Year" awards in New York. Woodruff will anchor a weekly environment-oriented series for Planet Green, a network being launched by Discovery Communications, the companies announced Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Scheduled to premiere in July, Woodruff's new series is billed as an eco-newscast. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file) |
ABC's Bob Woodruff to anchor `eco-newscast' on cable network
NEW YORK—ABC News' Bob Woodruff will anchor a weekly environment-oriented series for Planet Green, a network being launched by Discovery Communications.
Scheduled to premiere in July, Woodruff's new series is billed as an eco-newscast.
It will offer "in-depth news for half an hour every week," said Woodruff in a statement Wednesday -- "arguments and controversies, scientific analysis and breaking international news."
It will be produced by ABC News, where Woodruff, 46, has been a correspondent since 1996.
"I've traveled around the world covering a wide range of stories," said Woodruff, "but the environment is one story that knows no boundaries or limitations in terms of its impact on humanity."
After serving as a chief anchor at ABC for less than a month, Woodruff in January 2006 suffered a serious brain injury from a roadside blast in Iraq. He returned to the job 13 months later, and recently won a Peabody Award for his series "Wounds of War -- The Long Road Home of Our Nation's Veterans."
Planet Green signs on June 4.
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Planet Green is owned by Discovery Communications Inc. ABC is owned by The
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