Former National Public Radio (NPR) host Audie Cornish has been hired by CNN as an anchor and correspondent for the network’s new streaming service, CNN+.
In a release, the network said Cornish would host a weekly CNN+ show and contribute to CNN+’s slate of live programming. Cornish joins the network following a nearly 20-year run as the host of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
“I am very excited to join CNN and the CNN+ team. There are fresh stories to be told and new ways to tell them,” said Cornish. “CNN has a dynamic system of reporters and storytelling channels. I am thrilled to be a part of it.”
Cornish joined NPR’s National Desk in 2005, reporting from Nashville. She later joined the Washington bureau to cover the 2008 presidential race and the historic election of former President Barack Obama.
“We are thrilled to welcome Audie to CNN+ and CNN Audio,” said Andrew Morse, EVP & Chief Digital Officer of CNN Worldwide and Head of CNN+.
Cornish will be based in CNN’s Washington, DC bureau and starts in February.
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