Cokie Roberts

Full name, Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs Roberts; born December 27, 1943, in New Orleans, LA; daughter of Hale (a member of the United States Congress) and Corinne "Lindy" (a member of the United States Congress andambassador; maiden name, Claiborne) Boggs; married Steven Victor Roberts (a journalist and professor), 1966; children: Lee Harriss (an investment analyst), Rebecca Boggs (a radio producer).

Cokie and Steve Roberts' weekly commentary column offers a no-nonsense analysis of national and international issues. Married for more than three decades, these preeminent journalists discuss issues from their perspective as reporters, Washington insiders and also as parents and professionals.

Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News and a senior news analyst for National Public Radio. She co-anchored ABC's "This Week With Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts" until 2002. She has been chief congressional analyst for ABC News, a reporter for "World News Tonight" and other ABC News broadcasts, NPR's congressional correspondent and president of the Radio and Television Correspondent's Association.

She has won numerous awards, including the Edward R. Murrow Award and an Emmy Award. Ms. Roberts is the author of the best-selling We Are Our Mother's Daughters (1998) and the forthcoming Founding Mothers (William Morrow, 2003). In his more than 35 years as a journalist,
Steven Roberts has covered such events as President Reagan's historic trip to Moscow and eight presidential election campaigns. His 25-year career with The New York Times included assignments as bureau chief in Los Angeles and Athens, and as White House correspondent. Mr. Roberts appears regularly on CNN, PBS and the ABC radio network, and hosts Voice of America's "The Roberts Report." He is a contributing editor at U.S. News and World Report, a popular lecturer and the Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University. Cokie and Steve Roberts are the authors of the bestseller From This Day Forward (2000).