Tahera Rahman

Tahera Rahman
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Born 1990 or 1991 (27 in early 2018, according to news reports)
Residence Davenport, Iowa
Nationality American
Occupation

News producer

Newscaster
Employer

WHBF-TV

KLJB

Tahera Rahman is a newscaster, known and widely-covered by the media (e.g. the Megyn Kelly Today) for being the first full-time hijabi Muslim newscaster on February 8, 2018. Currently, she works for WHBF-TV and KLJB. Previously, she worked at the station as a producer behind the cameras as a producer for approximately two years after joining them in May 2016.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the first American TV reporter to wear a hijab on the air". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  2. ↑ Lundberg, Tiffany (2018-02-10). "Tahera's Journey: Making history and breaking barriers". OURQUADCITIES. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  3. ↑ "America just got its first Muslim TV reporter who wears a hijab". Metro. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  4. ↑ "'My America, too.' This Iowa TV reporter is the first to wear a hijab on air in the U.S. — haters or no haters". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  5. ↑ Farabaugh, Kane. "Hijab-Wearing TV Reporter Charts New Path for Muslim-Americans". VOA. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  6. ↑ "Tahera Rahman Becomes First Full-Time TV Reporter to Wear Hijab". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  7. ↑ news@clintonherald.com, Herald Staff Report (2018-09-13). "Panel will focus on racism". Clinton Herald. Retrieved 2018-10-10. The panel discussion will feature WHBF news reporter, Tahera Rahman, the first woman in hijab to work as an on-air reporter for American television. Tahera joined the WHBF Local 4 News team as a producer in May 2016.
  8. ↑ Jones, Ja'han (2018-03-05). "Tahera Rahman Just Became The First Full-Time Hijabi Reporter On Air In America". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  9. ↑ Hancock, Amanda. "Rock Island TV reporter Tahera Rahman featured on NBC's 'Today' show". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  10. ↑ "Meet the USA's first hijabi newsreader". Emirates Woman. 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  11. ↑ "America's 1st Hijab-Wearing TV Reporter Tahera Rahman Goes on Air Without Glitch". Al Bawaba. 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  12. ↑ "First full-time hijab-wearing on-air reporter breaks barriers in US". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
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