Audie N Cornish was born on October 9,1979 and is an American journalist and a former co-host of NPR's All Things Considered.
11 Facts About Audie Cornish
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Audie Cornish 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.
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Audie Cornish subsequently graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a journalism degree.
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Audie Cornish shared the 2005 first prize in the National Awards for Education Writing for a study of the achievement gap between races.
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Audie Cornish is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
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On September 4,2011, Cornish replaced Liane Hansen on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday.
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On January 3,2013, NPR announced that Audie Cornish would remain the host of the show and that Norris would instead return as a special correspondent.
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From 2018 to 2019, Audie Cornish hosted Profile, a Buzzfeed News interview TV show released exclusively on Facebook.
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On November 17,2022, Cornish's weekly podcast The Assignment, with Audie Cornish released its premiere episode.
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Audie Cornish is married to the author of Hellfire Boys: The Birth of the US Chemical Warfare Service and the Race for the Worlds Deadliest Weapons, Theo Emery.
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Audie Cornish has two children and often speaks about the challenges of balancing work and family life.