WASHINGTON: Pakistani-American journalist Amna Nawaz, who is the chief correspondent of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) “NewsHour”, has been named co-anchor of the popular program along with the show’s Washington correspondent and PBS ‘News Weekend’ anchor.
They will succeed Judy Woodruff, 75, who recently announced she’s stepping aside at the end of 2022. The PBS NewsHour, co-anchored by Ms. Nawaz and Bennett, will launch on Monday, January 2, 2023.
Ms. Nawaz, 43, joined NewsHour in 2018 and has since served as its primary substitute anchor. In 2019, she was given the honor to moderate the Democratic presidential primary debate in Los Angeles, California, becoming the first Asian American and the first Muslim American to moderate a presidential debate.
Amna is the daughter of Shuja Nawaz, a former Pakistan Television (PTV) journalist who remained associated with Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think-tank, in various capacities. He is a well-known commentator and an author.
Prior to joining the NewsHour, Ms. Nawaz was an anchor and correspondent at ABC News, anchoring breaking news coverage and leading the network’s digital coverage of the 2016 presidential election. Before that, she served as a foreign correspondent at NBC News, reporting from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Turkey, and the broader region.
At the NewsHour, Nawaz has reported politics, foreign affairs, education, climate change, culture and sports. Her immigration reporting has taken her to multiple border communities in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico.
Earlier, at NBC News, her work appeared on NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, Dateline NBC, MSNBC, and MSNBC.com.
