• Betsy Woodruff is an American journalist, political reporter and TV news anchor
• She graduated from Hillsdale College, majoring in English in 2012
• Her career in journalism started in 2011 with an internship at the “Washington Examiner”
• She is not related to Judy Woodruff or Bob Woodruff
• She is engaged to Jonathan Swan, an Australian journalist
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Betsy Woodruff is an American journalist, political reporter and TV news anchor. She gained popularity in 2015 thanks to her job as a political reporter for “The Daily Beast”. She was born in Purcellville, Virginia, USA, on 31st October 1989, so her zodiac sign is Scorpio, and she’s of Caucasian ethnicity. In 2012, she graduated from Hillsdale College, majoring in English; she had been interested in journalism from an early age.
Betsy Woodruff’s career
Her career in journalism started in 2011 when she still was at college, as she had an internship with the “Washington Examiner”. A year later, she obtained a William F. Buckley scholarship from the “National Review Institute”, and worked there for two years before returning full-time to the “Washington Examiner”. After that she worked for Slate.com., and as a reporter for the Toledo Free Press. She started working for “The Daily Beast” in March 2015, and worked there untill 2020, when she moved to the online newspaper Politico.
Her fields are equity division, government law requirements and movement. As a political correspondent, she broadcast a big part of the 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, all the way to Capitol Hill. She also made an appearance in many shows such as: “Morning Joe”, “Fox Business” and “Hardball with Chris Matthews”.
Betsy Woodruff is commonly assumed to be the daughter or relative of Judy Woodruff or Bob Woodruff. Apart from their last name, the only other connection between them is their career, an interesting fact that three people with the same last name also have the same occupation.
Judy Carline Woodruff is a famous broadcast journalist; since the win of US President Jimmy Carter, she’s covered every presidential election, and interviewed quite a few presidents. She’s also mediated US Presidential Debates.
Robert Warren Woodruff is a television journalist. He was teaching law in China, then was hired by CBC News as an on-screen interpreter. Soon after that, he quit practicing law to become a correspondent, and in 1996 he started working for ABC News.
He is married to Lee McConaughy, and they have four children: twins Nora and Claire, Macklin Robert and Cathryn.
Who are Betsy Woodruff’s parents?
Betsy Woodruff is the daughter of Scott Woodruff and Jane Tharp Woodruff; they married on 9th July 1983. She has a brother named Chris, and sister, Jane. Her parents are her biggest fans. Her father worked at Patrick Henry College Bookstore, and her mother, who graduated from the University of Missouri, majoring in Marketing, is a housewife.
Chris Woodruff works at Life Raft International as an executive director, and her sister Jane works at Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig. Her parents don’t like to live a public lifestyle like their daughter. However, her mother seems to really enjoy social media, since she shares a lot of photos of her family and herself. She also posted a picture of Betsy and her boyfriend proclaiming their love.
Is Betsy Woodruff married? Who is her husband?
Betsy Woodruff married her long-term boyfriend Jonathan Swan, an Australian journalist, in September 2019 – they have two children.
Such a great great team #whcd pic.twitter.com/1D04QnkSqp
— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) April 29, 2019
He’s also a political reporter, and works for information the website Axios and American National News. Before that, he worked as a national reporter for “The Hill”, a political newspaper based in Washington. He covers topics of misuse of government money, and political presidencies. He won a Wallace Brown Award,and an Emmy Award for an interview with Donald Trump in 2021.He’s appeared in the same shows as his wife.
How rich is Betsy Woodruff? Her Net Worth
It’s estimated that at “The Daily Beast” she earns approximately $100,000 a year, and it’s estimated that her net worth is over $1 million, as of mid-2024.
Betsy Woodruff’s body measurements, physical aspect, hobbies and favorite things
Betsy Woodruff is 5ft 5ins (169 cm) tall, weighs 120lbs (55kgs), and her vital statistics are 34-24-34. She has brown hair and hazel eyes; Betsy enjoys shopping, travelling and reading, and loves Italian food. Her favorite color is pink. Her favorite actor and actress are Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet.
