Woodruff left the '' NewsHour '' in 1993 to move to CNN . She was first asked to work for CNN by Tom Johnson at the end of 1992 , and took the job four months later after some initial hesitation . In June 1993 , Woodruff started anchoring the political talk show '' Inside Politics '' , that aired on weekdays , together with Bernard Shaw , and the international news program '' The World Today '' together with Frank Sesno . Sesno was replaced by Shaw in May 1994 . When the daily world affairs program '' CNN WorldView '' was launched in 1995 , Woodruff and Shaw became the hosts . She remained co-anchor of '' WorldView '' until it went off the air in 2001 . In February 2001 , Shaw retired , which caused Woodruff to become the sole host of '' Inside Politics '' , which was subsequently renamed '' Judy Woodruff 's Inside Politics '' . During her time at CNN , Woodruff has also co-anchored CNN 's election coverage and the news shows '' Live From ... '' and '' CNN NewsStand '' on Wednesdays . She was the sole anchor of the 1996 documentary series '' Democracy in America '' as well . She reported on the 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing , and co-anchored CNN 's special coverage of , among other things , President Richard Nixon 's funeral , the Centennial Olympic Park bombing , 9/11 , the War in Afghanistan , the Space Shuttle '' Columbia '' disaster , and the Iraq War . She moderated numerous presidential primary debates , namely three Republican debates and one Democratic debate during the 2000 campaign season and one Democratic debate during the 2004 campaign season
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
Judy Woodruff