Amna Nawaz – Chautauqua Lecture Series

Amna Nawaz serves as co-anchor of the PBS News Hour, for which she has reported across the country and around the world on a range of topics including politics, immigration, foreign affairs, education, gun violence, criminal justice reform, the climate, culture and sports. She joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series during the “Kwame Alexander and Friends” week to share stories from her reporting career that showcase the best in human values, highlighting our capacity for strength, resilience, love and inspiration.

Nawaz has received four Peabody Awards for News Hour team coverage of some of the biggest stories of our time: in 2024 reporting from Israel after the Hamas Oct. 7 attack; in 2023, reporting from Uvalde, Texas, after the mass school shooting, as part of a gun violence series; in 2021, reporting from outside the U.S. Capitol during live coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection; and in 2019, for an in-depth look at our global plastic pollution problem. Prior to joining PBS News Hour in April 2018, Nawaz was an anchor and correspondent at ABC News; prior to that, she served as foreign correspondent and Islamabad Bureau Chief at NBC News. She is also the founder and former managing editor of NBC’s Asian America platform.

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