Episode 868
Cokie Roberts
Wed, 2019-Sep-18 01:01 UTC
Length - 1:40
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With 465,179 views on Tuesday, 17 September 2019 our article of the day is Cokie Roberts.
Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Roberts (née Boggs; December 27, 1943 – September 17, 2019), known as Cokie Roberts, was an American journalist and bestselling author. Her career included decades as a political reporter and analyst for National Public Radio and ABC News, with prominent positions on Morning Edition, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, World News Tonight, and This Week.
Roberts, along with her husband, Steven V. Roberts, wrote a weekly column syndicated by United Media in newspapers around the United States. She served on the boards of several non-profit organizations such as the Kaiser Family Foundation and was appointed by President George W. Bush to his Council on Service and Civic Participation.
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For the full current version of the article, see Cokie Roberts on Wikipedia.
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