Cokie Roberts

American journalist (1943-2019)

Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne “Cokie” Robertswas an American journalist and author. Her career included decades as a political reporter and analyst for National Public Radio, PBS, and ABC News, with prominent positions on Morning Edition, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, World News Tonight, and This Week.

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Siblings

Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr.

Barbara Boggs Sigmund

Spouses

Steven V. Roberts

Children

Rebecca Roberts

Lee Roberts

About the Cokie Roberts

Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne “Cokie” Robertswas an American journalist and author. Her career included decades as a political reporter and analyst for National Public Radio, PBS, and ABC News, with prominent positions on Morning Edition, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, World News Tonight, and This Week. She was considered one of NPR’s “Founding Mothers” along with Susan Stamberg, Linda Wertheimer and Nina Totenberg.

Roberts, along with her husband, Steve, wrote a weekly column syndicated by United Media in newspapers around the United States. She served on the boards of several non-profit organizations such as the Kaiser Family Foundation and was appointed by President George W. Bush to his Council on Service and Civic Participation.