Audie Cornish

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Audie Cornish
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Cornish at the 2016 National 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
SpouseTheo Emery
Children2

Audie N. Cornish [1] (born October 9, 1979) is an American journalist and a former co-host of NPR's All Things Considered . [2] [3] She is an anchor and correspondent for CNN and the host of The Assignment, a CNN Audio podcast. [4] She was previously the host of Profile by BuzzFeed News, a web-only interview show that lasted one season, as well as NPR Presents, a long-form conversation series with creatives about their projects, processes, and shaping culture in America. [5]

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Early life and education

Cornish was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, to Jamaican parents.

She graduated from Randolph High School. [6] [7] She subsequently graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a journalism degree. [8] During her years there, she interned with NPR [9] [10] 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. [11]

Weekend Edition and All Things Considered

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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 20 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. [12] 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. [13] 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. [14]

In August 2017, Cornish announced that she would take leave from NPR during her maternity leave. [15] During her leave, she published occasional interviews in The New York Times Magazine . [16] [17] All Things Considered has an audience of 14 million listeners per week. [2] [5]

On January 4, 2022, Cornish announced her resignation from NPR to join The Great Resignation and "try something new." Co-host Ari Shapiro noted that NPR is "hemorrhaging hosts from marginalized backgrounds." [18] Cornish's exit followed the departure of NPR hosts Noel King and Lulu Garcia-Navarro. [19]

Other projects

From 2018 to 2019, Cornish hosted Profile, a BuzzFeed News interview TV show released exclusively on Facebook. [20] This show was funded by Facebook as part of the social platform's push into investing in video news programming through its Facebook Watch platform. [21] [22] Each episode of Profile featured "a different newsmaker each week, giving viewers a chance to hear from the biggest names in politics, tech, business, and entertainment." [22]

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." [23] On January 10, 2022, it was announced that Cornish joined CNN+ to host a weekly show. [24]

On November 17, 2022, Cornish's weekly podcast The Assignment with Audie Cornish released its premiere episode. [25] 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 2023 Ambies. [26]

Personal life

Audie Cornish is married to author and journalist Theo Emery. [27] She has two children and often speaks about the challenges of balancing work and family life. [28]

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  1. ↑ Audie N. Cornish, Associated Press Writer (November 6, 2001). "Harvard Professor Makes Hip-Hop CD". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on November 6, 2001. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Otterson, Joe (2019-02-05). "NPR Host Audie Cornish Signs With CAA (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  3. ↑ "NPR.org". NPR . January 7, 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07.
  4. ↑ "CNN Profiles - Audie Cornish - Anchor and Correspondent". CNN.
  5. 1 2 Beaujon, Andrew (2018-09-10). "NPR's Audie Cornish on BuzzFeed, Trump, And How To Begin an Interview". Washingtonian. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  6. ↑ "Born broadcaster". UMass Magazine Online. 2005. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ Teresa A. Franco (August 30, 2011). "Randolph native to host National Public Radio show". WickedLocal.com. Community Newspaper Company. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Audie Cornish: NPR Profile". National Public Radio. Archived from the original on July 29, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  9. ↑ Larry Parnass (May 15, 2011). "UMass grad Audie Cornish, NPR veteran, lands Sunday anchor slot". Gazettenet.com. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  10. ↑ 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...
  11. ↑ Nanos, Janelle (October 2011). "Person of Interest: Audie Cornish". Boston Magazine. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  12. ↑ "NPR Media Player". npr.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  13. ↑ "New ATC and Weekend Edition Sunday hosts". Michigan Radio. 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  14. ↑ Memmott, Mark (2013-01-03). "NPR's Michele Norris Returning As Host/Special Correspondent : The Two-Way". npr.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
  15. ↑ @AudieCornish (2017-08-21). "you'll hear lots of great voices on @npratc while I am on maternity leave. In the meantime baby boy and i will be listening too :)" (Tweet). Retrieved 2018-01-15– via Twitter.
  16. ↑ Cornish, Audie (2017-11-29). "Cornel West Doesn't Want to Be a Neoliberal Darling". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  17. ↑ Cornish, Audie (2018-01-03). "Masha Gessen Is Worried About Outrage Fatigue". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  18. ↑ Farhi, Paul; Izadi, Elahe (January 5, 2022). "NPR is losing some of its Black and Latino hosts. Colleagues see a larger crisis". The Washington Post .
  19. ↑ Robertson, Katie (5 January 2022). "Audie Cornish, host of 'All Things Considered,' is leaving NPR". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "PROFILE by BuzzFeed News". facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  21. ↑ Spangler, Todd (2018-07-10). "BuzzFeed News Taps NPR's Audie Cornish for Facebook Watch Interview Series". Variety. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  22. 1 2 "BuzzFeed News Announces 'PROFILE,' A Weekly Interview Show For Facebook Watch". BuzzFeed News (Press release). 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  23. ↑ Cornish, Audie [@nprAudie] (4 January 2022). "it's a risk. and that's ok. 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! Our conversation isn't over. Stay tuned as we say in radio ;)" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 January 2022– via Twitter.
  24. ↑ Koblin, John (10 January 2022). "Audie Cornish, the former NPR host, heads to CNN+". The New York Times.
  25. ↑ "The Assignment with Audie Cornish - Podcast on CNN Audio". CNN. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  26. ↑ "CNN Profiles - Audie Cornish - Anchor and Correspondent". CNN. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  27. ↑ Nanos, Janelle (October 2011). "Person of Interest: Audie Cornish". Boston Magazine. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
  28. ↑ Johnson, Greta (2018-06-01). "'This Is A Work In Progress': NPR's Audie Cornish On Being A New Mom". WBEZ Chicago. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
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