Kevin Corke is an American journalist and is presently a

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member for

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Corke has covered four U.S. administrations (Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden). Previously, he was a national news correspondent based in Washington, D.C. for

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from 2004 to 2008. While much of his work there involved coverage of the Bush administration as a member of the

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, Corke also frequently reported from

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and other locations in Washington, D.C. Corke figured prominently in Fox's coverage of the 2020 summer protests and previously was part of NBC's coverage of the

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. Previously, Corke was a news anchor at WTVJ-TV NBC in

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. Corke also has been frequently seen as a play-by-play sports broadcaster for

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. Corke was an anchor and coordinating producer at ESPN in

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. While there, he could be seen anchoring ''

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'', the network's flagship program. Corke was also a sportscaster at 9News KUSA in

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. Corke covered the

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in Torino and Atlanta, the former while a correspondent at NBC News. Corke is a graduate of

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, where he earned a

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, and received the Littauer Fellow citation for academic excellence, leadership and commitment to work in the public interest. He has also served as a board member of the Harvard Club of Washington, D.C. He graduated from the

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, where he earned

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and

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degrees in journalism. Kevin Corke has won numerous journalism awards, among them national and regional

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. Corke is a Life Member of

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fraternity.

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