ABC's Bob Woodruff to anchor `eco-newscast' on cable network
posted 3:58 pm Wed April 23, 2008 - NEW YORK
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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 (web|news) . 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 Walt Disney Co.
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On the Net:
Planet Green:
http://planetgreen.discovery.com
Written By FRAZIER MOORE
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 (web|news) . 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 Walt Disney Co.
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On the Net:
Planet Green:
http://planetgreen.discovery.com
Written By FRAZIER MOORE
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