WKU Public Radio would like to share with you some news we learned today regarding several NPR show hosts.
NPR Senior VP of News Margaret Low Smith notified members stations that Michele Norris will be returning to NPR in a new role of Host/Special Correspondent. According to Smith, Norris will produce “signature profiles of leaders in politics, pop culture, business and other fields.”
“While on sabbatical, Michele has spent a good deal of time traveling the country and developing two successful initiatives: The Race Card Project and NPR’s Backseat Book Club. Her new role will allow her to continue this work while producing in-depth segments for all NPR programs," said Smith.
Norris stepped down from her ATC hosting duties in the lead-up to the 2012 presidential campaign, due to the fact her husband took a job working with President Obama’s re-election efforts.
Smith says Audie Cornish will become a permanent co-anchor on All Things Considered, and Rachel Martinwill stay on as host of Weekend Edition Sunday.