Yamiche Alcindor

Yamiche Léone Alcindor ( ; born November 1, 1986) is an American journalist who is the host of ''Washington Week'' on PBS and a Washington correspondent for NBC News. In the past, she has worked as a reporter for ''PBS NewsHour'', ''USA Today'', and ''The New York Times''. Alcindor writes mainly about politics and social issues.

Early life and education

Alcindor was born in Miami, Florida, to Haitian-born parents. When she was in high school, she was an intern at the ''Westside Gazette'', a local African-American newspaper, and the ''Miami Herald'' (2005). She earned a bachelor's degree in English and government with a minor in African-American studies at Georgetown University in 2009. While studying, she became a member of the predominantly African-American sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha, and she interned at ''The Seattle Times'' (2006), the ''Miami Herald'' again (2007), the Botswanan newspaper ''Mmegi'' (2008), and ''The Washington Post'' (2009). She aspired to become a civil rights journalist, and was inspired by African-American journalist Gwen Ifill and contemporary newspaper reporting surrounding Emmett Till. In 2015, Alcindor received a master's degree in "broadcast news and documentary filmmaking" at New York University.

Career

Alcindor's first full-time job was as a reporter at ''Newsday'', a newspaper based in Melville, New York. She was employed there for two years covering, among other things, the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Alcindor became a multimedia reporter for ''USA Today'' in December 2011 to cover national breaking news. For the newspaper, Alcindor reported on, among other things, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the killing of Trayvon Martin, the Ferguson unrest, and the Baltimore protests. In 2013, Alcindor began to contribute to NBC News and MSNBC as a guest. Programs she appeared on include ''Morning Joe,'' ''The Rachel Maddow Show'', ''PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton'', ''Hardball with Chris Matthews'', and ''Meet the Press''.

She left ''USA Today'' to work for ''The New York Times'' as a national political reporter in November 2015. At ''The New York Times'', Alcindor covered the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. She also produced a documentary called ''The Trouble with Innocence'' (2015) about a man who was wrongly convicted of murder. Alcindor also appeared in the 2018 television series '' The Fourth Estate'' about ''Times'' staff covering the first 100 days of the Trump presidency.

In January 2018, Alcindor was named White House correspondent of the ''PBS NewsHour'', replacing John Yang, who was named the ''NewsHour's'' national correspondent. In this position Alcindor first covered the Trump presidency. During the 2020 presidential election season, she was one of the moderators of the sixth Democratic debate. Erik Wemple of ''The Washington Post'' reported President Donald Trump has repeatedly insulted Alcindor at White House press conferences. Alcindor received the 2020 Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage from the White House Correspondents' Association. She left ''PBS NewsHour'' in January 2022.

In May 2021, Alcindor became the new moderator of ''Washington Week''.

Alcindor began work as a Washington correspondent for NBC News in March 2022.

Awards and honors

Alcindor was named "Emerging Journalist of the Year" by the National Association of Black Journalists in 2013.

In 2016, she was nominated for a Shorty Award in the Journalist category. The next year, Alcindor won an award in a tribute to journalist Gwen Ifill, who had died in November 2016, at the Syracuse University's Toner Prize ceremony.

Alcindor was number 13 on the 2017 edition of "The Root 100", an annual list by magazine ''The Root'' of the most influential African Americans between the ages of 25 and 45. She was number 5 on the 2020 edition of "The Root 100".

Personal life

Alcindor is Haitian-American and is fluent in Haitian Creole. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. In 2018, she married ''Loudoun Times-Mirror'' reporter Nathaniel Cline. She is Catholic.

References

External links

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Profile
on PBS NewsHour website

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