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Yamiche Léone Alcindor ( ; born November 1, 1986) is an American journalist who is the host of ''
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'' on
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and a Washington correspondent for
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. In the past, she has worked as a reporter for ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. Alcindor writes mainly about politics and social issues.


Early life and education

Alcindor was born in
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, Florida, to
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an-born parents. When she was in high school, she was an intern at the ''Westside Gazette'', a local African-American newspaper, and the ''
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'' (2005). She earned a
bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...
in
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and
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with a
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in African-American studies at
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in 2009. While studying, she became a member of the predominantly African-American sorority
Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. () is the first intercollegiate historically African American sorority. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of sixteen stud ...
, and she interned at ''
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'' (2006), the ''Miami Herald'' again (2007), the
Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...
n newspaper ''
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'' (2008), and ''
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'' (2009). She aspired to become a
civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life of ...
journalist, and was inspired by African-American journalist
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and contemporary newspaper reporting surrounding
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. In 2015, Alcindor received a
master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.
in "broadcast news and documentary filmmaking" at
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.


Career

Alcindor's first full-time job was as a reporter at ''
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'', a newspaper based in
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. She was employed there for two years covering, among other things, the
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. Alcindor became a multimedia reporter for ''
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'' in December 2011 to cover national breaking news. For the newspaper, Alcindor reported on, among other things, the
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, United States, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people. Twenty of the victims were children between six and seven years old, and t ...
, the
killing of Trayvon Martin On the night of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, United States, George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American boy. Zimmerman, a 28-year-old man of mixed race, was the neighborhood watch coordinator for his ...
, the
Ferguson unrest The Ferguson unrest (sometimes called the Ferguson uprising, Ferguson protests, or the Ferguson riots) were a series of protests and riots which began in Ferguson, Missouri on August 10, 2014, the day after the fatal shooting of Michael Brow ...
, and the Baltimore protests. In 2013, Alcindor began to contribute to
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and MSNBC as a guest. Programs she appeared on include ''
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,'' ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
Hardball with Chris Matthews ''Hardball with Chris Matthews'' was an American television talk show that was hosted by Chris Matthews. The program premiered on the now-defunct America's Talking network in 1994 (as ''Politics with Chris Matthews'') before moving on CNBC, and ...
'', and ''
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''. She left ''USA Today'' to work for ''
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'' as a national political reporter in November 2015. At ''The New York Times'', Alcindor covered the presidential campaigns of
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and
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. 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 ''
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'', replacing John Yang, who was named the ''NewsHour's'' national correspondent. In this position Alcindor first covered the
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. During the
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season, she was one of the moderators of the sixth Democratic debate.
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of ''
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'' reported President
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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
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. She left ''PBS NewsHour'' in January 2022. In May 2021, Alcindor became the new moderator of ''
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''. Alcindor began work as a Washington correspondent for
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in March 2022.


Awards and honors

Alcindor was named "Emerging Journalist of the Year" by the
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in 2013. In 2016, she was nominated for a
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in the Journalist category. The next year, Alcindor won an award in a tribute to journalist
Gwen Ifill Gwendolyn L. Ifill ( ; September 29, 1955 – November 14, 2016) was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program ...
, 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 ''
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'' 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 Haitian Americans (french: Haïtiens-Américains; ht, ayisyen ameriken) are a group of Americans of full or partial Haitian origin or descent. The largest proportion of Haitians in the United States live in Little Haiti to the South Florida area ...
and is fluent in
Haitian Creole Haitian Creole (; ht, kreyòl ayisyen, links=no, ; french: créole haïtien, links=no, ), commonly referred to as simply ''Creole'', or ''Kreyòl'' in the Creole language, is a French-based creole language spoken by 10–12million people wor ...
. She is a member of the
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. In 2018, she married ''
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'' reporter Nathaniel Cline. She is
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.


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