Amna Nawaz Biography
A native of Virginia, United States, Amna Nawaz is an American broadcast journalist. However, she is the chief reporter and substitutes anchor for PBS NewsHour.
Before joining PBS in April 2018, Nawaz was a correspondent and an anchor at ABC News and NBC News. She has also acquired a number of awards, including an Emmy Award and a Society for Features Journalism award.
Amna Nawaz Age
Nawaz is 43 years old as of 2022. She was born on 18 September 1979 in Virginia, United States. She celebrates her birthday on 18 September every year.
Amna Nawaz Height
Nawaz stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m) tall. Her weight is publicly not known. We will update this section once the information is available.
Amna Nawaz Education
Nawaz attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. In 2001, she attained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in politics, philosophy, and economics, where 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.
Amna Nawaz Family
Nawaz was born and raised in Virginia, the United States by her loving parents. Nawaz is the daughter of Shuja Nawaz and Seema Nawaz. Her father, Shuja Nawaz had been a journalist in Pakistan.
Amna Nawaz Husband
Nawaz is happily married to her lovely husband Paul Werdel. The couple is blessed with two kids and resides in Washington, D.C. area.
Amna Nawaz Net Worth
Nawaz has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Amna Nawaz ABC News
Nawaz joined ABC News in 2015. In 2016 and 2017 she anchored the U.S. election and national political coverage. She also hosted the ABC podcast series Uncomfortably.
Amna Nawaz NBC
Nawaz started her journalism career in 2003 when she joined NBC. She later joined the Dateline NBC program where she worked on documentaries.
She operated at NBC’s investigative unit where she was a producer on the program Mortgage Crisis Investigations. The program was nominated for the 2008 Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting.
In 2009, she acquired an International Reporting Project fellowship. Later in 2010, she shared a News & Documentary Emmy Award for the NBC News special Inside the Obama White House. She also worked as a correspondent and bureau chief at NBC’s Islamabad bureau.
Amna Nawaz PBS NewsHour
Nawaz is an American News Journalist, and Correspondent, and also a substitute anchor for PBS NewsHour. Before joining PBS News in April 2018, she was a news anchor and correspondent at ABC News and NBC News. She also worked at NBC, where her work appeared on NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, Dateline NBC, MSNBC, and MSNBC.com.
She was NBC’s Islamabad Bureau Chief and Correspondent for several years, reporting from the Pakistan and Afghanistan region. He is also the founder and managing editor for “NBC Asian America” a multi-platform effort designed to elevate the voices and issues of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
She reported for the network’s investigative unit, covering the US housing crisis and the BP oil spill, and also covered such major stories as the election and inauguration of Barack Obama, the earthquake in Haiti, and Hurricane Katrina.
