Yasmeen Sami Alamiri

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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 ]

References

  1. "About Us". PBS . Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. The Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) (2013-12-03). "Interview with EPIC" . Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. Politico. "Foreign reporters get new slot". Politico . Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. "Yasmeen Alamiri | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  5. Al Arabiya (11 April 2015). "Biden's policies on Iraq from separation to unity" . Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. Fair Observer. "Fair Observer profile" . Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. "Yasmeen Alamiri Twitter Account" . Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  8. EPIC. "EPIC Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2016.