Judy Muller is an American

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. She has been a correspondent for

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since 1990, contributing reports to such programs as '' Nightline'' and '' World News Tonight''. She was a regular contributor to

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's ''

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'' program. Previous to her employment with ABC, she worked for

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, contributing to ''

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'' and the ''CBS Weekend News'' on television, as well as a regular radio feature, ''First Line Report.'' Muller is a graduate of

Mary Washington College The University of Mary Washington (UMW) is a public liberal arts university in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the Fredericksburg Teachers College, the institution was named Mary Washington College in 1938 after Mary Ball Washing ...

(now called University of Mary Washington). She joined the faculty of the Annenberg School for Communication at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

in August 2003 as an assistant professor of journalism, and is now serves a professor emerita of journalism. As part of the ''Nightline'' team, she received an

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *'' Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interl ...

for coverage of the

1992 Los Angeles riots The 1992 Los Angeles riots, sometimes called the 1992 Los Angeles uprising and the Los Angeles Race Riots, were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County, California, in April and May 1992. Unrest began in S ...

and an

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for coverage of the O. J. Simpson case. She has written a book entitled ''Now This: Radio, Television—and the Real World'' (2000). Muller facilitated workshops for the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science.

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from ABC News site
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from University of Southern California site {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Judy American television reporters and correspondents University of Southern California faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Fredericksburg, Virginia University of Mary Washington alumni NPR personalities Journalists from Virginia