About Yamiche @yamiche
Yamiche Alcindor is the White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and a political contributor for NBC News and MSNBC. She often tells stories about the intersection of race and politics as well as fatal police encounters. She is currently covering the administration of President Joe Biden and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Before that, she covered the administration of former President Donald Trump and the impact of his policies and rhetoric on vulnerable populations domestically and internationally. As a White House correspondent, she has covered a range of issues including the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on black people and communities of color, the protests following the death of George Floyd, and the consequences of former President Trump's immigration policies.
Previously, Alcindor worked as a national political reporter for The New York Times and a national breaking news reporter for USA Today. In 2020, Alcindor was named the recipient of RTDNA's John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award, IWMF’s Gwen Ifill Award and the White House Correspondents' Association's Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and was named the organization's 2020 Journalist of the Year.
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
Politics Sep 29
In new videos for Biden, Obama and Harris make appeal to Black votersFormer Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is using the morning of the first presidential debate to make a direct appeal to Black voters to turn out and vote early, rolling out two new video messages on popular Black celebrity…
Politics Sep 25
Trump plans to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsburg on Supreme CourtIf confirmed, Barrett will take the seat left vacant by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died at the age of 87 last Friday.
Nation Sep 24
National outrage after decision not to charge officers for Breonna Taylor’s deathOfficials in Louisville, Kentucky, are appealing for calm after public outrage over the decision not to charge police with Breonna Taylor’s death. Two officers were shot and wounded amid new protests in the city overnight. But grief and anguish about…
Nation Sep 23
Ginsburg remembered at Supreme Court as battle over her seat flaresWednesday marked a somber day at the U.S. Supreme Court, where Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lay in repose. Her former law clerks lined the building’s steps. Inside, her eight fellow justices gathered with family and friends to honor her contributions…
Politics Sep 15
Biden appeals to Florida veterans as Trump repeats vaccine claimsWith Election Day less than two months away, the presidential race is centering on a few key battleground states, including Florida. Former Vice President Joe Biden campaigned there Tuesday, blasting President Trump for derogatory remarks he reportedly made about members…
Nation Sep 09
How economic factors are putting people of color at greater risk for coronavirusBlack and Latino Americans are suffering disproportionately from the novel coronavirus pandemic -- both in terms of health and economic harm. These groups are three times as likely to contract the virus as white Americans and nearly twice as likely…
Nation Sep 01
In Kenosha, Trump praises police after controversial remarks about violencePresident Trump visited Kenosha, Wisconsin, a day after defending a supporter who allegedly killed two people there. Kenosha erupted in outrage after police shot Jacob Blake, who is Black, in the back, reportedly leaving him paralyzed. During Trump's visit, which…
Politics Aug 31
Trump, Biden trade blame over peaceful protests and violent incidentsThe political battle over U.S. peaceful protests against racial injustice -- and select incidents of violence related to those protests -- is intensifying. While the White House continues to blame local Democratic officials in the cities where unrest persists, Democratic…
Politics Aug 28
The GOP’s norm-shattering convention showed how the two parties are worlds apartPBS NewsHour’s senior national correspondent Amna Nawaz talks with White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor and political reporter Daniel Bush about what happened this week and what it means for the 2020 race.
Nation Aug 28
A new March on Washington through the eyes of Black families — including Jacob Blake’sThousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Friday to commemorate the iconic 1963 March on Washington -- and to communicate a message of their own, calling for an end to the killing of Black Americans…