Facts:   - employer: npr , abc    - title: contributing senior news analyst    - birth name: mary martha corinne morrison claiborne boggs      - birth date: 27 december 1943    - parents: hale boggs lindy boggs    - relatives: barbara brother -rrb- daniel j. hartman -lrb- son-in-law -rrb- paul sigmund boggs -lrb- brother-in-law -rrb- paul sigmund , jr. -lrb- nephew -rrb- sigmund david sigmund -lrb- nephew -rrb- stephen sigmund -lrb- nephew -rrb- -lrb- six grandchildren william robertson boggs -lrb- brother , deceased -rrb- sister william c. c. claiborne -lrb- ancestor -rrb- delesseps story morrison -rrb- -lrb- second cousin , once removed -rrb- tommy boggs -lrb-    - caption: at the 2014 national book festival    - spouse: steven v. roberts 1966    - name: cokie roberts    - birth place: new orleans , louisiana , u.s.    - known for: journalist , author , pundit , television l    - nationality: united states    - occupation: journalist , author    - alma mater: wellesley college    - residence: bethesda , maryland , u.s.    - children: rebecca roberts lee roberts    - image: cokie roberts 2944.jpg    - religion: roman catholic   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of cokie roberts .
mary martha corinne morrison claiborne roberts -lrb- née boggs ; born december 27 , 1943 -rrb- , best known as cokie roberts , is an american journalist and author .she is a contributing senior news analyst for national public radio as well as a regular roundtable analyst for the current `` this week with george stephanopoulos '' .roberts also works as a political commentator for abc news , serving as an on-air analyst for the network .roberts , along with her husband , steven v. roberts , writes a weekly column syndicated by united media in newspapers around the united states .she serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations such as the kaiser family foundation and was appointed by president george w. bush to his council on service and civic participation .