Whitney Woodward is a policy associate at Illinois Campaign for Political Reform. She conducts research and does policy work on a range of reform issues, including campaign finance reform, redistricting and judicial independence. Before joining ICPR, Whit was a state government reporter for the Associated Press in Raleigh, N.C. She also has covered the Illinois and Iowa legislatures, in addition to the 2008 presidential campaigns. She holds a master's degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield and a bachelor's degree in journalism from Loyola University Chicago.