Cokie Roberts is an American journalist and author who has served as a senior analyst and commentator for NPR since 1992. Cokie Roberts was born Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs on December 27, 1943, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Cokie’s father, Hale Boggs, was a Democratic Congressman representing Louisiana and served as the Majority House Leader of the House of Representatives. He also served on the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission. Her mother was Lindy Boggs, the long-time Democratic Congresswoman from Louisiana.
Cokie Roberts attended an all girl’s school in New Orleans, Academy of the Sacred Heart, and graduated from an all girl’s school in Washington D.C., Stone Ridge School. She attended Wellesley College and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Cokie Roberts has won numerous awards for her reporting, including the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. Her books include Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868, Ladies of Liberty, and Conversations with uncommon women: insights from women who’ve risen above life’s challenges to achieve extraordinary success. Cokie Roberts met her current husband, Stephen V. Roberts, in 1962, when she was just eighteen years old. The couple was married in 1966 and lives in Bethesda, Maryland; they have two children and six grandchildren.
| Birth Date: | 27 Dec, 1943 |
| Age: | 76 yrs |
| Occupations: | Journalist |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | New Orleans |
| residence: | Bethesda |
| Education: | Wellesley College Academy of the Sacred Heart |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American journalist (1943-2019) |
| Spouse: | Steven V. Roberts [M. 1966] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |
