Amna Nawaz Bio
Amna Nawaz is an American Emmy award winning broadcast journalist and a co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour alongside Geoff Bennett. Prior to joining PBS in April 2018, Nawaz was an anchor and correspondent at ABC News and NBC News. She has received a several awards, including an Emmy Award and a Society for Features Journalism award.
At the NewsHour, Nawaz has reported from the White House, 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 also serves as an NBC News and MSNBC contributor.
Prior to joining PBS NewsHour in April 2018, Nawaz was an anchor and correspondent at ABC News. 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.
Before that, she served as foreign correspondent and Islamabad Bureau Chief at NBC News. Nawaz joined NBC in 2003, later joining Dateline NBC, where she worked on documentaries. At NBC’s investigative unit, she was a producer of Mortgage Crisis Investigations, which was nominated for the 2008 Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting.
She joined PBS in April 2018. Nawaz contributed as a correspondent on the PBS NewsHour’s 2018 series The Plastic Problem, which received a Peabody Award in 2019. In December 2019, Nawaz became the first Asian American and first Muslim to moderate a United States presidential debate when she co-moderated a Democratic Party presidential debate.
In June 2021, Nawaz became the PBS NewsHour’s Chief Correspondent. Nawaz and Geoff Bennett have been co-anchors of the PBS NewsHour since January 2023, when they replaced Judy Woodruff. Nawaz is also a member of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington, District of Columbia based think tank.
Amna Nawaz Age
Nawaz is 43 years old as of 2022. She was born on September 18, 1979 in Virginia, United States of America. In addition, Amna celebrates her birthday on 18 September every year and her zodiac sign is Virgo.
Amna Nawaz Height
Nawaz stands tall at an average height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 meters) and has a moderate weight. Her exact weight and other body measurements are not available. However, they will be updated when available.
Amna Nawaz Family
Nawaz was born in Virginia to Pakistani parents. She is the daughter to Shuja Nawaz(father) and Seema Nawaz (mother). Her father is a brother of former Pakistani Army chief Asif Nawaz Janjua and had been a journalist in Pakistan.
Amna Nawaz Education
She attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia. She then attended the University of Pennsylvania in politics, philosophy, and economics where she earned a bachelor’s degree in 2001.
In addition, she co-captained the women’s varsity field hockey team. She holds a master’s degree in comparative politics from the London School of Economics. Nawaz’s career plan was to become a lawyer but after a fellowship at ABC News, she shifted to journalism. She initially worked for Nightline.
Amna Nawaz Husband
Amna is happily married to her lovely husband Paul Werdel. He and Amna met as journalists and he was a working journalist for years and years. During that time Paul was running a team at The New York Times when Amna got hired at NewsHour in 2018. The couple tied the knot in 2007 and together they are blessed with two daughters known as Karam and Lina. They all resides in Washington, D.C. area.
Amna Nawaz Salary
Nawaz earns an annual salary ranging between $75,000 -100,000 from her current position as a co-anchor of the PBS NewsHour.
Amna Nawaz Net worth
Nawaz has an estimated net worth of between $2 million – $5 million as of 2023. Her main source of income is her successful career as a journalist.