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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Deborah Campbell's A Disappearance in Damascus is both a taut detective story and an intimate account of friendship during war — and that's before our reviewer discovered her own part in the story.
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Also: Uber taps a new CEO; an Indian court sentences a flamboyant self-declared guru to 10 years in prison; and Kenya outlaws the production and use of plastic bags.
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Also: President Trump will discuss the U.S. military plan for Afghanistan tonight; the U.S. and South Korea open annual military drills; and Big Ben's bongs have been silenced for repair work.
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Also: President Trump will review U.S. military plans for Afghanistan; the U.N. blames the Saudi-led coalition for half of Yemen's child casualties; and Tropical Storm Harvey nears the Caribbean.
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Also: Thousands attend an unannounced vigil in Charlottesville; Spain rescues hundreds of migrants at sea; and indictments are announced against a truck driver in the deaths of 10 migrants.
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Also: The University of Florida won't let white nationalist Richard Spencer speak on its campus; a huge power outage is over in Taiwan; and Vice President Pence continues his Latin American tour.
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Also: President Trump will approve a probe of alleged Chinese theft of U.S. intellectual property; a new fire in Washington State; and people won't be able to see total solar eclipses in the future.
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Also: President Trump issues a new warning to North Korea; traces of a pesticide are found in European eggs; and a small, private submarine is missing off Denmark.