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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The decision is a victory for the Obama administration over critics who said the health care overhaul was unconstitutional. -
Daylight-saving time takes effect early tomorrow morning; there's advice to help people cope with losing an hour's sleep and regulating their sleep schedule. -
An Arizona museum has opened an exhibit on Native American bolo ties, featuring many ties made by jewelers and history of the official neckware of three states. -
The Energy Department has quietly dismantled the last of its enormous B-53 nuclear bombs at a plant just north of Amarillo, Texas.
