Yasmeen Sami Alamiri is an Iraqi American award-winning journalist. She currently serves as the senior news editor for PBS NewsHour. [1]
Alamiri became a White House correspondent in 2007. [2] In that capacity, Alamiri was one of the founding members of the White House foreign press pool. [3] She has covered U.S. politics and policy for a variety of news organizations, such as Rare, [4] BBC, WJLA-TV, Al Arabiya, and Fair Observer. [5] [6] [7] She served on the Board of Directors for The Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC). [8] Alamiri was also recognized as a member of the Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Media 2021 cohort.
She is a graduate of James Madison University and American University.[ citation needed ]