Amna Nawaz

Amna Nawaz is an American broadcast journalist. She is a correspondent and substitute anchor for PBS Newshour. Prior to joining PBS in April 2018, Nawaz was an anchor and correspondent at ABC News. She has received a number of awards, including an Emmy Award and a Society for Features Journalism award.

Early career

Nawaz earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in politics, philosophy, and economics. She holds a master's degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics.[1][2] Nawaz initially worked for the ABC News Nightline program.[1]

Journalism

Nawaz joined NBC in 2003, later joining the Dateline NBC program where she worked on documentaries.[1] At NBC's investigative unit, she was producer on the program Mortgage Crisis Investigations, which was nominated for the 2008 Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting.[1][3]

She received an International Reporting Project fellowship in 2009.[1] In 2010, Nawaz shared a News & Documentary Emmy Award for the NBC News special Inside the Obama White House.[4] Later she was correspondent and bureau chief at NBC's Islamabad bureau.[2]

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.[2]

She joined PBS in April 2018.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Amna Nawaz". International Reporting Project. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "PBS NEWSHOUR Names Judy Woodruff Solo Anchor" (Press release). Washington, DC: PBS. March 22, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
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