Audie Cornish

Audie Cornish
Born 1979 (age 37 - 38)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Massachusetts
Occupation Journalist
Known for All Things Considered

Audie N. Cornish[1] is an American journalist and a current co-host of NPR's All Things Considered.

Early life and education

Cornish was born in Randolph, Massachusetts to Jamaican parents, and graduated from Randolph High School.[2][3]

She graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.[4] During her years there, she interned with NPR[5][6] and worked with campus radio station WMUA.

Career

Previous jobs include reporting for the NPR station WBUR, for the Associated Press in Boston, and for NPR on 10 southern states and Capitol Hill issues. She shared the 2005 first prize in the National Awards for Education Writing for a study of the achievement gap between races. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.[7]

Weekend Edition and All Things Considered

External audio
Wikipedia Archiving Voices So You'll Always Know How Celebs Sound, Audie Cornish, National Public Radio (8:24)

On September 4, 2011, Cornish replaced Liane Hansen on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday. Hansen had served as host of the show for more than twenty years.

At the end of the December 18, 2011, broadcast of Weekend Edition, Cornish announced that she would be leaving the program in January 2012 to co-host All Things Considered during the 2012 election year, to be replaced on January 8 by Rachel Martin.[8] It was subsequently reported that the change was due to Michele Norris's decision to step down from All Things Considered during the 2012 election year because her husband had taken a position in the Obama re-election campaign.[9] On January 3, 2013, it was announced that Cornish would remain the host of the show and that Norris would instead return as a special correspondent.[10]

Personal life

Audie Cornish is married to Boston Globe's Washington correspondent, Theo Emery.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Audie N. Cornish, Associated Press Writer (November 6, 2001). "Harvard Professor Makes Hip-Hop CD". Washington Post. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Born broadcaster". UMass Magazine Online. 2005. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ Teresa A. Franco (August 30, 2011). "Randolph native to host National Public Radio show". WickedLocal.com. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Audie Cornish: NPR Profile". National Public Radio. Archived from the original on 29 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  5. ↑ Larry Parnass (2011-05-15). "UMass grad Audie Cornish, NPR veteran, lands Sunday anchor slot". Gazettenet.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  6. ↑ Cori Urban (September 2, 2014). "'All Things Considered' host Audie Cornish to attend opening of New England Public Radio facility in downtown Springfield". The Republican. Retrieved January 26, 2015. Cornish, originally from Boston and a 2001 graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a bachelor’s degree in journalism...
  7. ↑ Nanos, Janelle (October 2011). "Person of Interest: Audie Cornish". Boston Magazine. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ "NPR Media Player". Npr.org. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  9. ↑ "New ATC and Weekend Edition Sunday hosts". Michigan Radio. 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  10. ↑ Memmott, Mark (2013-01-03). "NPR's Michele Norris Returning As Host/Special Correspondent : The Two-Way". NPR. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  11. ↑ Nanos, Janelle (October 2011). "Person of Interest: Audie Cornish". Boston Magazine. Retrieved June 18, 2016.


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