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MARTHA RADDATZ
ABC News Chief White House Correspondent
Martha Raddatz was named ABC News' chief White House correspondent in November 2005, reporting on all aspects of the Bush administration for "World News," "Nightline" and other ABC News broadcasts.
Previously Ms. Raddatz was the network's senior National Security correspondent, a position she held since May 2003. Reporting from the Pentagon, she filed almost daily on the ongoing war in Iraq and the insurgency. Since the war's start in spring of 2003, she has made nine trips to Iraq with senior Pentagon officials, more than any other TV journalist. She has also traveled frequently to Afghanistan.
In the early hours of June 8, 2006, Ms. Raddatz was the first correspondent to report that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, had been killed in a U.S. air strike north of Baghdad. Al-Zarqawi's death is considered a major development in the fight against the insurgency, and Ms. Raddatz broke the story more than thirty minutes ahead of any other network.
During her time at the Pentagon, Ms. Raddatz reported exclusively on a number of stories, including the near capture of al-Zarqawi in April 2005, plus the discovery of his laptop computer. She also broke the story that the attack on a U.S. military dining hall in Mosul, Iraq in December 2004 was the work of a suicide bomber.
Ms. Raddatz joined ABC News in 1999 as the network's State Department correspondent. There she covered the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, as well as traveled to Africa, Pakistan and India with the U.S. Secretary of State. Her coverage at the State Department after the attacks of September 11 was recognized, along with other ABC News recipients, with a Peabody Award and an Emmy Award. She has also been awarded two Emmys for coverage of Kosovo and the Elian Gonzales case in the news program "Weekend World News."
In addition to her work for ABC News, Ms. Raddatz has written for The New Republic and is a frequent guest on PBS' "Washington Week." From 1993-1998 she was the Pentagon correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), where she reported on foreign policy, defense and intelligence issues. During her tenure at NPR, she made numerous trips to Eastern Europe to cover the war in Bosnia.
Prior to joining NPR in 1993, Ms. Raddatz was the chief correspondent at the ABC News Boston affiliate, WCVB-TV. In addition to covering several presidential campaigns, she reported from the former Soviet Union, Africa, the Middle East, the Philippines and Europe.
Ms. Raddatz has been honored for her journalistic contributions many times, including a 1996 Overseas Press Club Award for her live coverage of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Her reporting was also recognized with the National Headliner Award for team coverage of the 1988 presidential campaign, and two Radio and Television News Director Association First-Place Awards. In addition she has received two Associated Press First-Place Awards.