Audie Cornish

Audie N. Cornish (born October 9, 1979) is an American journalist and a former co-host of NPR's All Things Considered. She is an anchor and correspondent for CNN and the host of The Assignment, a CNN Audio podcast. She 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. Early life and education Cornish was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, to Jamaican parents. She graduated from Randolph High School. She subsequently graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with a journalism degree. During her years there, she interned with NPR and worked with campus radio station WMUA. Career Previous jobs include reporting for the NPR station WBUR, for the Associated Press in Boston, and for NPR on 10 southern states and Capitol Hill issues. She shared the 2005 first prize in the National Awards for Education Writing for a study of the achievement gap between races. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.