Yamiche Alcindor
White House correspondent, PBS NewsHour
Moderator, Washington Week
Yamiche Alcindor is the moderator of Washington Week, the Peabody Award-winning weekly news analysis series on PBS. At Washington Week, Alcindor moderates the weekly roundtable discussion of journalists on the program. Alcindor is also a political contributor at NBC News and MSNBC and often appears on shows like Meet the Press, Morning Joe, and Andrea Mitchell Reports.
In March, Alcindor will join NBC News as a Washington Correspondent. There, she will cover the Biden administration as well as the impact of federal policies on communities across the country and issues at the intersection of race, culture and politics,
In the past, Alcindor covered the White House for PBS NewsHour between 2018 and 2021. She covered the administration of President Joe Biden and in doing so, a range of issues including the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, police involved killings, systemic racism and immigration. During the 2020 presidential election season, Alcindor was a moderator for the sixth Democratic primary debate. Alcindor covered the administration of former President Donald Trump and the impact of his policies domestically and internationally. Prior to that, she covered the campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders for The New York Times.
She is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for her work, including the 2020 Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage from the White House Correspondents’ Association and the 2020 Gwen Ifill Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF). She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and was named the organization's 2020 Journalist of the Year.
Alcindor was born in Miami, Florida, to Haitian parents. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English, government and African American studies from Georgetown University. In 2015, she received a master’s degree in broadcast news and documentary filmmaking from New York University.
In March, Alcindor will join NBC News as a Washington Correspondent. There, she will cover the Biden administration as well as the impact of federal policies on communities across the country and issues at the intersection of race, culture and politics,
In the past, Alcindor covered the White House for PBS NewsHour between 2018 and 2021. She covered the administration of President Joe Biden and in doing so, a range of issues including the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, police involved killings, systemic racism and immigration. During the 2020 presidential election season, Alcindor was a moderator for the sixth Democratic primary debate. Alcindor covered the administration of former President Donald Trump and the impact of his policies domestically and internationally. Prior to that, she covered the campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders for The New York Times.
She is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for her work, including the 2020 Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage from the White House Correspondents’ Association and the 2020 Gwen Ifill Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF). She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and was named the organization's 2020 Journalist of the Year.
Alcindor was born in Miami, Florida, to Haitian parents. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English, government and African American studies from Georgetown University. In 2015, she received a master’s degree in broadcast news and documentary filmmaking from New York University.
