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Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies At 75

Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies At 75

FromThe NPR Politics Podcast


Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies At 75

FromThe NPR Politics Podcast

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Sep 17, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, who joined an upstart NPR in 1978 and left an indelible imprint on the growing network with her coverage of Washington politics, has died. She was 75. Roberts died Tuesday because of complications from breast cancer. This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and Up First host Steve Inskeep. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.
Released:
Sep 17, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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The NPR Politics Podcast is where NPR's political reporters talk to you like they talk to each other. With weekly roundups and quick takes on news of the day, you don't have to keep up with politics to know what's happening. You just have to keep up with us.