About Yamiche @yamiche
Yamiche Alcindor is the White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, a role she began in January 2018. She often tells stories about the intersection of race and politics as well as fatal police encounters.
Alcindor is also a contributor for NBC News and MSNBC often appearing on a number of shows including Morning Joe, Andrea Mitchell Reports, The Rachel Maddow Show, and Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.
Previously, Alcindor worked as a national political reporter for The New York Times where she covered the presidential campaigns of Mr. Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders as well as Congress. She also wrote about the impact of President Donald Trump's policies on working class people and people of color.
Before joining The Times, she was a national breaking news reporter for USA Today and traveled across the country to cover stories including the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. and the police related protests in Ferguson, Mo. and Baltimore, Md. Alcindor’s overall goal is to be a civil rights journalist and she was inspired by the late PBS NewsHour anchor Gwen Ifill.
In 2020, the White House Correspondents’ Association named Alcindor the recipient of the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage. She has also been honored with the Ifill Next Generation Award by Simmons University and NextGen Leader Award by the Georgetown Entertainment & Media Alliance. In 2017, she won an award in a tribute to Ifill during Syracuse University's Toner Prize ceremony. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and was named the organization’s "Emerging Journalist of the Year" in 2013.
Alcindor earned a master's degree in broadcast news and documentary filmmaking from New York University and a bachelor's in English, government and African American studies from Georgetown University. A native of Miami, Fla., Yamiche is married to a fellow journalist and is the daughter of Haitian immigrants who met while attending Boston College.
Yamiche’s Recent Stories
Nation May 04
In unprecedented day at U.S. Supreme Court, justices hear arguments by phoneMonday marked a Supreme Court argument unlike any other -- not because of the legal issues at stake, but because of the logistics made necessary by the pandemic. The session took place over the telephone and was broadcast live, representing…
Health Apr 30
States ask for more federal aid as economic crisis deepensNew government jobs numbers reiterate the extent of the pandemic’s economic damage. In the last six weeks, more than 30 million Americans have lost their jobs, including another 3.8 million filing for unemployment last week. Lawmakers are still debating how…
Economy Apr 23
The politics behind protests of stay-at-home ordersOfficials at all levels of U.S. government are engaged in discussions about how and when to resume commerce and other activities. Polling data shows the majority of Americans support restrictions to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus, but there have…
Nation Apr 16
Read the White House’s guidelines for reopening public life in phasesThe guidelines say states or regions should meet certain criteria before moving to a phased opening.
Politics Mar 27
D.C. to cut back in-person primary voting, encourage mail-in ballots amid coronavirus outbreakThe move comes as at least a dozen states have postponed their primaries in an effort to protect voters from contracting the virus and as candidates across the country have replaced physical campaigning with virtual efforts.
Nation Mar 19
Immigration courts are still open as coronavirus cases growWithout more specific guidance, these unions say, immigration judges and other courtroom personnel have been largely left to make their own decisions on how to stem the spread of the new coronavirus.
Politics Mar 18
After closures at U.S.-Canada border, Trump says he’ll halt nonessential travel at southern borderWhite House officials said the northern border closings -- like the southern border plan being considered -- will not apply to American citizens, green-card holders and foreigners who already have legal rights to be here.
Health Mar 17
What the U.S. federal government is doing to fight COVID-19In the U.S., nearly 100 people have died from novel coronavirus among 5,200 confirmed cases. With the infection expected to spread more broadly and businesses and organizations shutting down, what is the latest federal government response? Lisa Desjardins, Yamiche Alcindor…
Politics Mar 13
Chair of Congressional Black Caucus endorses BidenBass told the PBS NewsHour in an interview Thursday that she believes Biden has the best chance of beating President Donald Trump in the general election.
Nation Mar 12
What you need to know about Trump’s novel coronavirus responseOn the same day the World Health Organization declared novel coronavirus a pandemic, President Donald Trump laid out his plans to combat COVID-19 in an Oval Office address. Here's what we know.
