Audie Cornish | |
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 Cornish at the 2016National Book Festival | |
| Born | (1979-10-09)October 9, 1979 (age 45) Randolph, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Massachusetts |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | All Things Considered Profile Pop Culture Happy Hour |
| Spouse | Theo Emery |
| Children | 2 |
Audie N. Cornish[1] (born October 9, 1979) is anAmerican journalist who currently hostsCNN This Morning with Audie Cornish.[2] She is also a former co-host ofNPR'sAll Things Considered.[3][4] She is an anchor and correspondent forCNN and the host ofThe Assignment, a CNN Audio podcast.[5] She was previously the host ofProfile byBuzzFeed News, a web-only interview show that lasted one season, as well asNPR Presents, a long-form conversation series with creatives about their projects, processes, and shaping culture in America.[6]
Cornish was born inRandolph, Massachusetts, to Jamaican parents.
She graduated fromRandolph High School.[7][8] She subsequently graduated from theUniversity of Massachusetts-Amherst with a journalism degree.[9] During her years there, she interned with NPR[10][11] and worked with campus radio stationWMUA.
Previous jobs include reporting for the NPR stationWBUR, for theAssociated Press in Boston, and for NPR on 10southern states andCapitol Hill issues. She shared the 2005 first prize in the National Awards for Education Writing for a study of theachievement gap between races. She is a member of theNational Association of Black Journalists.[12]
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 Wikipedia Archiving Voices So You'll Always Know How Celebs Sound, Audie Cornish,National Public Radio (8:24) |
On September 4, 2011, Cornish replacedLiane Hansen on NPR'sWeekend Edition Sunday. Hansen had served as host of the show for more than 20 years.
At the end of the December 18, 2011, broadcast ofWeekend Edition, Cornish announced that she would be leaving the program in January 2012 to co-hostAll Things Considered during the 2012 election year, to be replaced on January 8 byRachel Martin.[13] It was subsequently reported that the change was due toMichele Norris's decision to step down fromAll Things Considered during the 2012 election year because her husband had taken a position in theObama re-election campaign.[14] On January 3, 2013, NPR announced that Cornish would remain the host of the show and that Norris would instead return as a special correspondent.[15]
In August 2017, Cornish announced that she would take leave from NPR during her maternity leave.[16] During her leave, she published occasional interviews inThe New York Times Magazine.[17][18]All Things Considered has an audience of 14 million listeners per week.[3][6]
On January 4, 2022, Cornish announced her resignation from NPR to joinThe Great Resignation and "try something new." Co-hostAri Shapiro noted that NPR is "hemorrhaging hosts from marginalized backgrounds."[19] Cornish's exit followed the departure of NPR hostsNoel King andLulu Garcia-Navarro.[20]
From 2018 to 2019, Cornish hostedProfile, aBuzzFeed News interview TV show released exclusively onFacebook.[21] This show was funded by Facebook as part of the social platform's push into investing in video news programming through itsFacebook Watch platform.[22][23] Each episode ofProfile featured "a different newsmaker each week, giving viewers a chance to hear from the biggest names in politics, tech, business, and entertainment."[23]
Following her resignation from NPR in early 2022, Cornish tweeted, "I look forward to new opportunities and new ways to tell stories and to keep finding ways to make space and center the voices of those who have been traditionally left out."[24] On January 10, 2022, it was announced that Cornish joinedCNN+ to host a weekly show.[25]
On November 17, 2022, Cornish's weekly podcastThe Assignment with Audie Cornish released its premiere episode.[26]The Assignment, "pulls listeners out of their digital echo chambers to hear from the people who live the headlines," and received the "Best Interview Podcast" award at the 2023Ambies.[27]
On January 23, 2025, it was announced that Cornish would become host ofCNN's early-morning newscastCNN This Morning in March 2025, succeedingKasie Hunt.[28]
Audie Cornish is married to author and journalist Theo Emery.[29] She has two children and often speaks about the challenges ofbalancing work and family life.[30]
Cornish, originally from Boston and a 2001 graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a bachelor's degree in journalism...
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