'It's a calling,' says Korva Coleman on reporting the facts every hour, every day

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🗓️ 27 December 2025

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Day in and day out - it’s NPR’s Newscast team delivering the most immediate news to our audience more than anyone else. NPR's Tamara Keith talks to Korva Coleman about what it takes to get the story and get it right every hour of every day.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Tamara Keith. Before we start the show today, the days left in this year are numbered,
0:05.9	and we're feeling reflective about the values and commitments of public media. Public media is what
0:11.9	makes consider this, and all the podcasts you love from NPR Unique. From its founding, public media was meant to
0:19.6	educate listeners and illuminate stories from underrepresented communities to provide cultural insight that expands your perspective.
0:28.6	Our commitment to those principles will never change at NPR.
0:32.5	But with federal funding for public media eliminated, we now rely on your support to bring you consider this
0:39.1	more than ever. That's why we're extra grateful this holiday season and want to pause to
0:44.6	appreciate the generosity of NPR Plus supporters and all of our listeners who have already
0:50.5	stepped up to donate. Thank you so much. If you haven't made a year-end donation yet,
0:57.0	you can cross something off your to-do list right now and support public media by signing up for
1:02.6	NPR Plus. It's a simple recurring donation that gets you perks with a whole bunch of NPR
1:08.7	podcasts, including consider this. Join us at plus.npr.org.
1:19.1	Chances are, before you heard the first story on today's show, you heard an NPR newscast.
1:30.1	Live from NPR News in Washington,
1:36.6	I'm Windsor Johnston. I'm Joile Snyder. I'm Janine Perth. I'm Dave Mattingly. I'm Lakshmi Singh.
1:41.8	An American nurse. Newscasts are the five-minute news summaries that you always hear at the top of every hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
1:46.5	We're always here.
1:47.6	If you don't already recognize her voice, that's Corva Coleman, one of NPR's newscasters.
1:53.6	Newscasts are one of NPR's most popular products.
1:56.9	Millions of listeners tune in each week.
1:59.3	I can also tell you that NPR newscasts are the number one
2:02.5	podcast listened to in the United States, according to pod track. Number two is the daily, and we leave
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