three children: Jeffrey (1981), Benjamin (1986), and Lauren (1989). Woodruff gave birth to Jeffrey about five hours after appearing on air. Jeffrey was born with a mild case of spina bifida, and became disabled and brain damaged after surgery in 1998, which caused Woodruff to reduce her workload at CNN. Lauren was adopted from Korea when she was four months old. References External links Profile at PBS NewsHour 1946 births 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American educators 21st-century American journalists Academy of Richmond County alumni American political journalists American television reporters and correspondents American women academics American women television journalists Bloomberg L.P. people CNN people CableACE Award winners Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni Duke University faculty Edward R. Murrow Award (CPB) winners Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard University people Journalism teachers Journalists from Georgia (U.S. state) Journalists from Oklahoma Journalists from Washington, D.C. Living people Meredith College alumni NBC News people News & Documentary Emmy Award winners PBS people Television personalities from Atlanta Writers from Atlanta Writers from Augusta, Georgia Writers from Tulsa, Oklahoma Writers from Washington, D.C. 21st-century American women