Korva Coleman
Korva Coleman is a newscaster for NPR.
In this role, she is responsible for writing, producing, and delivering national newscasts airing during NPR's newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition. Occasionally she serves as a substitute host for Weekend All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition.
Before joining NPR in 1990, Coleman was a staff reporter and copy editor for the Washington Afro-American newspaper. She produced and hosted First Edition, an overnight news program at NPR's member station WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C.
Early in her career, Coleman worked in commercial radio as news and public affairs directors at stations in Phoenix and Tucson.
Coleman's work has been recognized by the Arizona Associated Press Awards for best radio newscast, editorial, and short feature. In 1983, she was nominated for Outstanding Young Woman of America.
Coleman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University. She studied law at Georgetown University Law Center.
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Also: Pro-Syrian fighters kill dozens of civilians in heavy bombardments; potential flooding may come to the central U.S. today; and students will lobby for gun control at the Florida state capitol.
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Also: Tracing the contradictory timeline of ex-White House staffer Rob Porter; South African President Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote by parliament; and a Mt. Hood climber is killed in a fall.
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Also: South Africa's governing party recalls President Zuma; the heads of U.S. intelligence agencies will speak to a Senate panel today; and no, a dog can't run for Kansas governor.
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Also: New power outages in Puerto Rico follow a substation fire; South African President Jacob Zuma clings to power; and models shed clothes for body paint in New York's Polar Bear Paint event.
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Also: Wall Street opens higher after a huge loss on Thursday; a significant winter storm pounds the upper Plains and Midwest; and L.L. Bean dumps its lifetime return policy.
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Also: The U.S. carries out airstrikes in Syria; Australia's prime minister will give a national apology to victims of institutional child abuse; and today is Philadelphia's Super Bowl victory parade.
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Also: Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. is ready to impose tough new North Korea sanctions; Germany may be closer to forming a coalition government; and Olympic workers fall ill with norovirus.
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Also: Another Colorado deputy is killed on duty; President Trump will create a national vetting center to screen visitors to the U.S.; and hundreds of vehicle crashes in the Midwest leave 11 dead.