Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Korva Coleman is an American news writer, media producer, speaker, and blogger. She is best known to the public as one of the senior newscasters for the National Public Radio (NPR), having worked with her for over three decades.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Korva was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, but she now lives in Washington D.C.
- Korva, whose name is actually a twist of an older relative of hers named ‘Cora,’ is married and has two children.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Coleman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University in 1989 & studied law at Georgetown University Law Centre from 1989 to 1990. She did not pursue a career in law as she realized that her true calling was journalism.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Korva started her career in various radio stations in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, where she worked as a news and public affairs director. Later on, she became a reporter and copy editor for the Washington Afro-American newspaper.
- Her long collaboration with the NPR began in 1990. Right before that, she used to produce and host an overnight news program at NPR’s member station WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C.
- As a member of the NPR team, Korva is now the writer, producer, and newscaster for magazines like All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition. Sometimes, she is the substitute host for some of the stations’ programs.
- Her current work schedule is far from normal. She often wakes up at 1 in the morning and arrives at work at 3:15 am when she starts preparing her newscast for the day.
Awards and Accolades :
- In 1983, Korva was nominated for the ‘Outstanding Young Women of America’ award.
- She has received the Arizona Associated Press Awards for best radio newscast, editorial, and short features.
- As a tribute to her professional career, Lisa A. Philips included Korva in her book called Public Radio : Behind the Voices. The writer says that “Coleman lives very intentionally and that she puts her family first.”
- Her radio colleagues call her “unflappable” as she has a special way of delivering news in a calm manner, without emotional involvement. In an interview, she mentioned that she pays a lot of attention to the approach she needs to relay devastating or horrifying news.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Korva loves biking around and she usually rents bikes in the cities she visits.
- In 2019, she was a guest of KMUW’s Media Circus Fundraiser in Wichita. A VIP Table including a table for ten and access to meet-and-greet Korva Coleman cost no less than $1,500!
- She has rarely been late to work in her life and has never missed a newscast.
- According to The Atlantic, there is one woman in Missouri who changed her name to Korva Coleman because she thought it sounded cool.
- In 2018, Korva moderated a panel discussion on Interracial Marriage which is available online.
I enjoy listening to Korva, her absence has been noted; has she retired?
I am not fond of Korva’s presumptive style of questioning, nor the tendency to interrupt the responses being given.
Has Korva read any audiobooks from her favorite writer (s)? I would love to listen to her voice beyond the news.
Calm, professional, authentic. Korva Coleman is excellent.
Korva announced that the heavy Tennesse rains were caused by global warming. That is very irresponsible reporting. Did global warming cause the Johnston flood?
She has a tremendous voice and (to me) gives the news in an unbiased manner.
Pete your guy lost. Trump doesn’t give a square f*** about you and wouldn’t think twice about having your kind in his country club. You’re too poor for his tastes. Maybe if you bought a few more flags for your truck he woulda won. Your fault.
Man, you are just pitiful. If things don’t go your way so you have to villainize everything. Please grow up. Stop being a sore loser.
Korva was made for the Morning News. The voice of authenticity and the queen of diction.
Cannot get enough of listening to The Impeccable Korva Coleman. Is there a Korva Coleman Morning Edition…PLEASE announce when & what time so I can have another Morning Edition Alive on Facebook with friends…