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: The Senate continues to debate health care legislation; the Philippines' president threatens to bomb schools that he claims train communists; and NASA's inflatable space module is doing well.
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Also: Sen. McCain returns to vote on a health care bill; a federal judge blocks deportations of hundreds of Iraqis; and the singers of the popular "Despacito" don't want Venezuelan leaders to use it.
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Also: Russian Ambassador Kislyak completes his service and returns to Russia; a robot finds possible melted fuel in the damaged Fukushima reactor; and Scott Blumstein wins the World Series of Poker.
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Also: Transcripts are released of a 911 call in a deadly Minneapolis police shooting; California wildfires spread; and O.J. Simpson will request parole from Nevada officials today.
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Also: President Trump will lunch with GOP senators and discuss health care legislation; fresh violence displaces thousands in Central African Republic; and the annual Comic-Con opens in San Diego.
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Also: Wildfires force thousands of Canadians to evacuate; the U.S. will impose sanctions on Iranian groups over Iranian ballistic missiles; and new English currency features author Jane Austen.
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Also: The White House opens "Made in America" Week; heavy snow in Chile causes power losses in winter; and Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies.
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Also: President Trump reviews a military parade in Paris on Bastille Day; U.S. senators continue to review GOP senate leaders' health care legislation; and, at last! Beyoncé's twins!
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Also: The Justice Department won't release Jeff Sessions' list of contacts with Russian officials; images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot; and an elephant is rescued in the ocean miles off Sri Lanka.