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Cokie Roberts Co-Anchor, "This Week," and ABC News Special Correspondent  From This Day ForwardBy Cokie and Steve Roberts With a narrative structure similar to We Are Our Mothers' Daughters, Cokie and Steve Roberts use personal recollections as a springboard for the discussion of larger issues such as marriage, love, and family. When Cokie and Steve Roberts got married, some "friends" said it wouldn't last-just because she's Catholic and he's Jewish. Proving the doubters wrong, they have been married for over thirty years and have a few pieces of advice. Cokie and Steve will discuss issues from their own marriage as well as open a window onto famous unions in history, as seen from their different perspectives as husband and wife. Those stories tell a tale of the particular strengths and weaknesses of marriage in America and show the foundation of marriage as one that's undergone tremendous amounts of change while remaining fundamentally the same.
Cokie Roberts is co-anchor of the ABC News program, "This Week." She is also a special correspondent for ABC News covering politics, Congress and public policy, and often serves as substitute anchor on "Nightline."Ms. Roberts first served as a panelist on "This Week With David Brinkley" in 1987, and was named a regular panelist to the program in 1988. She was named co-anchor, with Sam Donaldson, of "This Week" in November, 1996. In addition to her work for ABC, Ms. Roberts serves as a news analyst for National Public Radio, where she was the Congressional correspondent for more than ten years. In that time, she won numerous awards, including the highest honor in public radio, the Edward R. Murrow award. She was also the first broadcast journalist to win the highly prestigious Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for coverage of Congress. In 1991, she was awarded an Emmy for her contribution to the ABC News Special, "Who is Ross Perot?" Along with her husband, Steven V. Roberts, a professor at George Washington University, Ms. Roberts writes a weekly column syndicated by United Media in major newspapers around the country. Her Op-Ed columns have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post; she has also written for The New York Times Magazine and The Atlantic. Before joining ABC News in 1988, Ms. Roberts was a contributor to PBS-TV's "MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour." Her coverage of the Iran/Contra affair for that program won her the Weintal Award in 1987. Prior to joining NPR, Ms. Roberts was a reporter for CBS News in Athens, Greece. She also produced and hosted a public affairs program on WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. From 1981 to 1984, in addition to her work at NPR, she co-hosted "The Lawmakers," a weekly public television program on Congress. Ms. Roberts is former President of the Radio and Television Correspondent's Association. A 1964 graduate in political science from Wellesley College, Ms. Roberts received a 1985 Distinguished Alumnae Achievement Award in recognition of "excellence and distinction in professional pursuits." She is the recipient of 12 honorary degrees. Ms. Roberts and her husband are the parents of two adult children.
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