Yale Bulletin and Calendar

April 5, 2002

Volume 30, Number 24

Cokie Roberts

Journalist to discuss how
media portrays issues of faith

Cokie Roberts, chief congressional analyst for ABC News and co-anchor of "This Week with Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts," will present the inaugural Fay Vincent Fellowship in Faith and Culture on Monday, April 8.

Her talk, "The Role of the Press in Shaping the Perceptions of Faith in America," will take place at 4:30 p.m. in St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale, 268 Park St. The event is free and open to the public.

Roberts is the author of the national best-seller "We Are Our Mother's Daughters," which explores the diverse roles women have played throughout American history, and the connections and distinctions among different generations of women.

Together with her husband, Steven V. Roberts, a professor at George Washington University, the journalist writes a weekly column syndicated by United Media in major newspapers around the country. Two years ago, they published "From This Day Forward," an account of their more than 30-year marriage, as well as other marriages in history. It immediately hit the top 10 on The New York Times best-seller list.

In addition to her work at ABC, Roberts serves as a news analyst for National Public Radio, where she was the congressional correspondent for more than 10 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 prestigious Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for coverage of Congress.

Before joining ABC in 1988, 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.

Wellesley College awarded Roberts its Distinguished Alumnae Achievement Award in 1985 in recognition of "excellence and distinction in professional pursuits." She has also received 14 honorary degrees.

For further information, call (203) 777-5537.

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