PERSON: Yamiche Alcindor

Correspondent

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

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.

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