PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Judy Woodruff has tackled some meaty issues in her more than three decades as a broadcast journalist, but the weeks following the Tucson shootings have presented a special challenge. We talk with Woodruff about the tests and opportunities journalists face in covering such emotionally and politically charged news.
In the wake of the tragedy, Woodruff has taken on topics both dauntingly large and small, from gun control and the tenor of political discourse in the country to the very personal aspects of Rep. Gabrielle Gifford’s recovery.
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