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 and NBC News. She has received a number of awards, including an Emmy Award and a Society for Features Journalism award.

Amna Nawaz
Born (1979-09-18) September 18, 1979
Virginia, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA)
London School of Economics (MS)
OccupationBroadcast Journalist, reporter, foreign correspondent
Known forNBC News, PBS Newshour
Spouse(s)Paul Werdel (2007-present)

Early life and career

Nawaz was born in Virginia, and her parents were Pakistani. Her father had been a journalist in Pakistan.[1]

In 2001, Nawaz earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in politics, philosophy, and economics.[2] She holds a master's degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics.[3][4]

Her career plan was to become a lawyer but after a fellowship at ABC News after college, she shifted to journalism.[5]

She initially worked for the ABC News Nightline program.[3]

Journalism

Nawaz joined NBC in 2003, later joining the Dateline NBC program where she worked on documentaries.[3] 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.[3][6]

She received an International Reporting Project fellowship in 2009.[3] In 2010, Nawaz shared a News & Documentary Emmy Award for the NBC News special Inside the Obama White House.[7] Later she was correspondent and bureau chief at NBC's Islamabad bureau.[4]

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.[4]

She joined PBS in April 2018.

In December 2019, Nawaz co-moderated the United States Democratic Party presidential debate.[8]

Awards
  • News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing
  • Society for Features Journalism award
gollark: Also also, "convention over configuration" being stupid. Yes, the choice of four spaces vs two isn't too significant, but being able to choose means you'll have code you can possibly read a bit more easily, and also public/privateness via *capitalization* just (in my opinion) looks ugly and is annoying if you want to change privacy.
gollark: i.e. generic slices/maps/channels but not actual generics, == being ***maaaaagic*** (admittedly like in most languages, I think), and `make`/`new`.
gollark: Also, as well as that, how it just special-cases stuff instead of implementing reusable solutions.
gollark: e.g. no map function existing or even being possible means that you have *readable* code with a for loop, but it's harder to understand *why that's there* and *what it's for*.
gollark: The main problem I have with it is that it conflates readability (you can see what the code is doing at a low level) with comprehensibility (you know what and why it's doing at a higher one).

See also

References
  1. "From War Zones to Cyberspace: A Q&A with journalist Amna Nawaz", Jade Magazine, Summer 2015
  2. Matthew, Shaj, "NBC producer, Penn alumna speaks on career",The Daily Pennsylvanian, 04/26/2011
  3. "Amna Nawaz". International Reporting Project. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  4. "PBS NEWSHOUR Names Judy Woodruff Solo Anchor" (Press release). Washington, DC: PBS. March 22, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
  5. Chan, Rosalie, "A Life of Risk: How Foreign Correspondent Amna Nawaz Became a Champion for Asian American Issues", Mochi Magazine, August 28, 2015
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. EST, Hunter Moyler On 12/19/19 at 7:00 PM (2019-12-19). "Who are the moderators of the December Democratic debate? Judy Woodruff, Amna Nawaz, Yamiche Alcindor and Tim Alberta to question candidates". Newsweek. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
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