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Yamiche Alcindor
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Yamiche Léone Alcindor
November 1, 1986 |
| Education | Georgetown University (BA) New York University (MA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2010–present |
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Nathaniel Cline
(m. 2018) |
| Children | 1 |
Yamiche Léone Alcindor (born November 1, 1986) is an American journalist. She works as a Washington correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. Before this, she was the host of Washington Week on PBS. She also worked as a reporter for PBS NewsHour, USA Today, and The New York Times. Yamiche Alcindor mainly writes about politics and important social issues.
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Early Life and Education
Yamiche Alcindor was born in Miami, Florida. Her parents came from Haiti. When she was in high school, she worked as an intern at local newspapers like the Westside Gazette and the Miami Herald.
In 2009, she earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University. She studied English and government. While in college, she also interned at several newspapers, including The Seattle Times, the Miami Herald again, a newspaper in Botswana called Mmegi, and The Washington Post.
Yamiche Alcindor always wanted to be a journalist who reported on civil rights. She was inspired by the journalist Gwen Ifill. In 2015, she earned a master's degree from New York University. She studied broadcast news and documentary filmmaking.
Journalism Career
Yamiche Alcindor's first full-time job was as a reporter for Newsday in New York. She worked there for two years. During this time, she covered important events like the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Reporting for USA Today
In December 2011, Alcindor became a multimedia reporter for USA Today. She covered big national news stories. Some of the events she reported on included the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the killing of Trayvon Martin, and the Ferguson unrest. She also covered the Baltimore protests. Starting in 2013, she also appeared as a guest on NBC News and MSNBC shows like Morning Joe and The Rachel Maddow Show.
Working at The New York Times
In November 2015, Alcindor left USA Today to work for The New York Times. There, she was a national political reporter. She covered the presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. She also made a documentary film in 2015 called The Trouble with Innocence. This film was about a man who was wrongly accused of a crime. In 2018, she appeared in a TV series called The Fourth Estate. This series showed how The New York Times staff covered the first 100 days of the Trump presidency.
White House Correspondent and Moderator
In January 2018, Yamiche Alcindor became the White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour. In this role, she reported on the Trump presidency. During the 2020 presidential election, she was one of the people who led a debate for the Democratic Party candidates. She received an award in 2020 for her excellent reporting from the White House.
In May 2021, Alcindor became the new moderator for Washington Week. This is a show where journalists discuss the week's news.
In January 2022, she left PBS NewsHour. In March 2022, she started her current job as a Washington correspondent for NBC News. On February 24, 2023, she made her last appearance as the moderator of Washington Week. She announced that she wanted to focus more on her work at NBC and write a book about her life.
Awards and Recognition
Yamiche Alcindor has received several awards for her journalism.
- In 2013, the National Association of Black Journalists named her "Emerging Journalist of the Year."
- In 2017, she won an award that honored the late journalist Gwen Ifill at Syracuse University's Toner Prize ceremony.
- The Root magazine included her on their "The Root 100" list. This list features influential African Americans. She was number 13 in 2017 and number 5 in 2020.
Personal Life
Yamiche Alcindor is Haitian-American and can speak Haitian Creole. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. In 2018, she married Nathaniel Cline, who is also a reporter. She is Catholic. In April 2023, she shared that she was expecting a baby boy in June.
