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 award.

Early life and career

Nawaz was born in Virginia, and her parents were Pakistani. Her father had been a journalist in Pakistan.
In 2001, Nawaz earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in politics, philosophy, and economics. She holds a master's degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics.
Her career plan was to become a lawyer but after a fellowship at ABC News after college, she shifted to journalism.
She initially worked for the ABC News Nightline program.

Journalism

Nawaz joined NBC in 2003, later joining the Dateline NBC program where she worked on documentaries. 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.
She received an International Reporting Project fellowship in 2009. In 2010, Nawaz shared a News & Documentary Emmy Award for the NBC News special Inside the Obama White House. Later she was correspondent and bureau chief at NBC's Islamabad bureau.
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.
She joined PBS in April 2018.
In December 2019, Nawaz co-moderated the United States Democratic Party presidential debate.

Awards