Yamiche Alcindor Biography
Yamiche Alcindor is a media personality serving as the NBC News Washington correspondent. Previously, she was the anchor and moderator of Washington Week, the Peabody Award-winning weekly news analysis series on PBS. She was also the White House Correspondent for PBS NewsHour.
Yamiche Alcindor Age
Alcindor was born on November 1, 1986, in Miami, Florida, United States.
Yamiche Alcindor Height
Her height is unknown.
Yamiche Alcindor Ethnicity/Nationality
Alcindor is of Haitian descent. She also holds American nationality.
Yamiche Alcindor Education
Alcindor graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2005. She then joined Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. graduating in 2009 with a B.A. in English and government and a minor in African American studies. While studying at the University she became a member of the predominantly African-American sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha. In 2015, Alcindor received a Master’s degree in broadcast news and documentary filmmaking from New York University.
Yamiche Alcindor Parents
Yamiche is the daughter of Haitian parents, Yanick Alcindor and Michel Pean. Her father is from Plaisance, and her mother is from Saint-Louis-du-Nord. Yamiche’s parents met at Boston College, where they were both studying.
Yamiche Alcindor Husband
Yamiche is married to her husband Nathaniel Cline, a reporter for the Loudoun Times-Mirror. The couple got married in 2018.
Yamiche Alcindor Baby
After undergoing years of IVF treatment, Yamiche announced on April 24, 2023, that she was expecting a baby boy in June. However, the couple welcomed their baby boy, Yrie Myles Alcindor Cline, on May 30 instead.
The new parents shared in a written statement with Today.com that Yrie was born at 1:53 p.m., weighing 5 pounds, 1 ounce, and measuring 18 inches. They described him as a “very chill baby” who loves eating and sleeping, like many newborns. The couple expressed that they are “overjoyed and feel incredibly blessed” after his arrival.
They also shared, “While the journey to get to this moment was tough, it was well worth it as our hearts are full of happiness and love.”
Yamiche Alcindor NBC News
Alcindor is an NBC News Washington correspondent. Previously, she was the anchor and moderator of Washington Week, the Peabody Award-winning weekly news analysis series on PBS. She was also the White House Correspondent for PBS NewsHour, where she most recently covered the administrations of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump as well as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Before joining PBS, she was a reporter and videographer for The New York Times covering national politics and social justice issues. She also previously worked at USA TODAY as a national breaking news reporter based in New York City. As a writer, videographer, and on-camera journalist, she has split her time covering quickly developing incidents and stories about the social issues affecting the United States. She travels across the country to cover stories and spends time writing about societal concerns such as wrongful convictions, human trafficking, civil rights violations, gun violence, and poverty.
Alcindor is the recipient of numerous awards including the Radio Television Digital News Association’s John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award, the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Gwen Ifill Award, and the White House Correspondents’ Association’s Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage. She is also a National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) member and was named the organization’s 2020 Journalist of the Year.
Yamiche Alcindor Weight Loss
Recently, Yamiche’s weight loss has appeared in so many searches. However, she hasn’t come out clearly to mention her weight loss strategy and what she did to achieve it. Concerning the same topic, Yamiche advised her fellow female journalists to never listen to anybody who tells them that you can’t do something. “I’ve been told that I didn’t look the part, that I wasn’t the right weight, that I wasn’t the right skin color for the job I have now, she said.”
Yamiche Alcindor Salary
Alcindor earns an average annual salary of $334,000 as a Washington Correspondent for NBC News.
Yamiche Alcindor Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 million as of May 2024.
