{"id":110778,"date":"2026-09-16T14:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=110778"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:18:08","slug":"bob-woodruff-award-winning-abc-news-correspondentto-deliver-annual-amanpour-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/bob-woodruff-award-winning-abc-news-correspondentto-deliver-annual-amanpour-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Woodruff, award-winning ABC News correspondent, to deliver annual Amanpour lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 16, 2026 \u2013 Bob Woodruff, an award-winning correspondent for ABC News who has covered the world\u2019s most influential stories over the last three decades, will deliver the University of Rhode Island\u2019s 2026 Christiane Amanpour Lecture on <strong>Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m.<\/strong> in the Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center Hope Room, 46 Upper College Road on the Kingston Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woodruff, who succeeded the late Peter Jennings as anchor of \u201cABC World News Tonight,\u201d will discuss his journalistic endeavors, as well as offer advice to students seeking journalism and media careers. The lecture, titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/amanpour\/2026\/08\/28\/2026-amanpour-bob-woodruff\/\">A Conversation with Bob Woodruff<\/a>,\u201d and presented free and open to the public by the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/\">URI Harrington School of Communication and Media<\/a>, will also be followed by a question-and-answer session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBob Woodruff has a most distinguished career in journalism from a wide variety of perspectives. I was lucky to work at ABC News in primary research and audience analysis at the same time as Bob. I know first hand how strongly he connects with the viewing public,\u201d Harrington School Director Justin Wyatt said. \u201cHe is a beloved figure. We are honored that he will be giving this year\u2019s Christiane Amanpour Lecture.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration is requested through <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/amanpour\/2026\/08\/28\/2026-amanpour-bob-woodruff\/\">the event website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woodruff joined ABC News in 1996 and has produced award-winning coverage around the world. He has traveled to more than 100 countries, reporting from large, powerful nations to the most remote areas on the planet. His work ranged from covering wars and humanitarian crises to stories of recovery, environmental protection and hope.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2006, while covering news on U.S. and Iraqi security forces, Woodruff was seriously injured by a roadside bomb that struck his vehicle near Taji, Iraq. Just 13 months after being wounded, Woodruff returned to ABC News in February 2007 with his first on-air report \u201cTo Iraq and Back: Bob Woodruff Reports.\u201d The hour-long documentary, which won a Peabody Award, chronicled Woodruff\u2019s traumatic brain injury, his recovery, and plight of thousands of service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with similar injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his best-selling memoir, \u201cIn an Instant\u201d\u2014co-authored with his wife, Lee\u2014Woodruff shares stories about the fragility of life, the strength of family and the bravery of those who helped save him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woodruff\u2019s resilience and recovery led him to co-found the <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwoodrufffoundation.org\/\">Bob Woodruff Foundation<\/a>, a national nonprofit that coordinates approximately 46,000 nonprofits to find, fund and shape forward-thinking programs in communities where veterans and their families and caregivers live and work. Since the foundation\u2019s launch two decades ago, it has provided $228 million to help change the lives of more than 20 million veterans, service members and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, Woodruff will spend time speaking with Harrington School students during his visit to URI.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Christiane Amanpour Lecture is endowed and named for Amanpour \u201983, Hon. \u201995, chief international anchor for CNN and host of its award-winning, flagship global affairs program, \u201cAmanpour,\u201d as well as \u201cAmanpour &amp; Co.\u201d Launched in 2008, the speaker series has attracted respected journalists to campus annually \u2013 including Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent C.J. Chivers of the New York Times (2011), freelance photographer David Goldman (2011), CNN anchor and senior political correspondent Abby Phillip (2021), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov, and Amanpour herself (2019).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 16, 2026 \u2013 Bob Woodruff, an award-winning correspondent for ABC News who has covered the world\u2019s most influential stories over the last three decades, will deliver the University of Rhode Island\u2019s 2026 Christiane Amanpour Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 4 p.m. in the Robert J. 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