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Yamiche Alcindor Joins NBC News
Award winning journalist Yamiche Alcindor will join NBC News’ Washington team, covering President Biden, intersection of race and politics.
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Yamiche Alcindor Named New Moderator of PBS’ Washington Week
I don’t know about you, but I love to see Black women winning. Whether big or small, a win for my fellow sisters always feels like a win for me. And I always love to see it. Speaking of wins, PBS NewsHour White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor is celebrating a major one right now. It…
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'I Really, Really See You': Yamiche Alcindor Pinpoints Exactly Why Lists Like The Root 100 Matter
“It’s humbling and I’m so grateful to be on this list with so many amazing people that are doing amazing work, including my friends, Nikole Hannah-Jones of the New York Times, as well as Trymaine Lee of MSNBC.” — Yamiche Alcindor, Journalist, 2020 The Root 100 Honoree text As I write this Kinja post, my…
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Yamiche Alcindor Named the 2020 Gwen Ifill Award Recipient by the International Women’s Media Foundation
As a White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and a political contributor for NBC News and MSNBC, Yamiche Alcindor has fearlessly and consistently challenged Trump and his minions on their dangerous rhetoric and outright lies, helping to maintain the credibility of journalism amid an administration bolstering itself on the falsehood of “fake news.” On…
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Bloomberg Really Just Wants to Stop and Frisk Everybody Not White: Democratic Candidate Defends Muslim Surveillance Program
In today’s episode of “nah-but-seriously-y’all-ain’t-really-voting-for-that-guy-right?” former NYC mayor and democratic (although I’m not sure anyone has told him yet) candidate Mike Bloomberg, in a PBS interview that aired on Thursday, adamantly defended a heavily criticized surveillance program that targeted American Muslims allowing for them to be profiled and for their mosques and other social spaces…
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US Postal Service to Issue a Gwen Ifill Black Heritage Forever Stamp
The U.S. Postal Service will host a stamp dedication ceremony to launch the release of the Gwen Ifill black heritage stamp on Jan. 30. The ceremony will honor the late journalist with the 43rd stamp in its Black Heritage Forever stamp collection, a collection that has honored other black history heavyweights like Ida B. Wells…
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Longest Serving Black Congressman John Conyers Jr. Passes Away at 90
John Conyers—the longest-serving black congressman in U.S. history—has passed away. The Michigan Democrat who represented Detroit died Sunday at age 90. PBS Newshour’s White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor broke the news on Twitter that he died in his sleep, after confirming the death with family members. A founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, the…
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Gwen Ifill Wins John Chancellor Award
On Wednesday, Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism announced that Gwen Ifill has been awarded the 2016 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism. Ifill is the first African-American recipient in the award’s 21-year history. She not only is a political journalist but also serves as the co-anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour, as…