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Amna Nawaz (Urdu : آمنہ نواز) is an American broadcast journalist and a co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour Geoff Bennett .[1] ABC News and NBC News . She has received a number of awards, including an Emmy Award and a Society for Features Journalism award.
Early life and career [ edit ]
Nawaz was born in Virginia on September 18, 1979, to Pakistani parents. Her father, Shuja Nawaz (brother of former Pakistani Army chief Asif Nawaz Janjua ), had been a journalist in Pakistan.[2] Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia .[3] University of Pennsylvania in politics, philosophy, and economics, where she co-captained the women's varsity field hockey team.[4] master's degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics .[5] [6]
Nawaz's career plan was to become a lawyer but after a fellowship at ABC News, she shifted to journalism.[7] Nightline [5]
Journalism [ edit ]
Nawaz joined NBC in 2003, later joining Dateline NBC [5] Mortgage Crisis Investigations , which was nominated for the 2008 Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting.[5] [8]
Nawaz received an International Reporting Project fellowship in 2009.[5] News & Documentary Emmy Award for the NBC News special Inside the Obama White House .[9] Islamabad bureau.[6]
Nawaz joined ABC News in 2015. She anchored U.S. election and national political coverage in 2016 and 2017. Nawaz also hosted the ABC podcast series Uncomfortable .[6] PBS in April 2018.
Nawaz contributed as a correspondent on the PBS NewsHour 's 2018 series The Plastic Problem , which received a Peabody Award in 2019.[10]
In December 2019, Nawaz became the first Asian American and first Muslim to moderate a United States presidential debate when she co-moderated a Democratic Party presidential debate .[11] [12]
In June 2021, Nawaz became the PBS NewsHour's Chief Correspondent.[13]
Nawaz and Geoff Bennett have been co-anchors of the PBS NewsHour since January 2023, when they replaced Judy Woodruff .[14]
Nawaz is also a member of the Inter-American Dialogue , a Washington, District of Columbia-based think tank.
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing
Society for Features Journalism award
2022 Peabody Award for her reporting on the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.[15]
References [ edit ]
^ Cleary, Tom (December 19, 2019). "Amna Nawaz: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know" . Heavy . Retrieved August 19, 2022 .
^ Shaj, Matthew (April 26, 2011). "NBC producer, Penn alumna speaks on career" . The Daily Pennsylvanian Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2022 .
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"Amna Nawaz" . International Reporting Project . 2009. Archived from the original on October 12, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2022 .
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"PBS NewsHour Names Judy Woodruff Solo Anchor" (Press release). Washington, DC: PBS . March 22, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .
^ Chan, Rosalie (August 28, 2015). "A Life of Risk: How Foreign Correspondent Amna Nawaz Became a Champion for Asian American Issues" . Mochi Magazine . Retrieved December 7, 2022 .
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"Nominations for the 6th Annual Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting Announced" (Press release). New York: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . November 3, 2008. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .
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"The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Winners at the 31st Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards" (Press release). New York: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . September 27, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .
^ "PBS NewsHour Named Recipient of Two Peabody Awards for "The Plastic Problem" and "Kept Out" . PBS. April 23, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2021 .
^ Hunter Moyler (December 19, 2019). "Who are the moderators of the December Democratic debate? Judy Woodruff, Amna Nawaz, Yamiche Alcindor and Tim Alberta to question candidates" . Newsweek . Retrieved December 20, 2019 .
^ Singh, Pia (January 14, 2020). "Meet Penn grad Amna Nawaz, the first Asian American to moderate a presidential debate" . The Daily Pennsylvanian . Retrieved May 14, 2021 .
^ "Amna Nawaz Named Chief Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour" . PBS NewsHour (Press release). PBS. June 17, 2021.
^ "Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett Named Co-Anchors of PBS NewsHour" (Press release). PBS . November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022 .
^ "83rd Peabody Award Nominees" .
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