Yamiche Alcindor on Trump’s Attacks and Advice for Young Black Journalists

Yamiche Alcindor, White House correspondent for “PBS NewsHour” and an NBC News contributor, came to American University in October 2020 for an important conversation with students on the eve of the presidential election. Alcindor, an award-winning TV journalist and former New York Times reporter, spoke with moderator Jane Hall and student journalists about her career and views on covering Donald Trump, the 2020 election and issues of race and gender in politics, media and society. She spoke of her sense of responsibility to bring important issues about vulnerable populations to light, and she offered advice for young Black journalists and other journalists of color. In this segment, Alcindor talked with Tamir Harper, editor-in-chief of The Blackprint student publication, about how she deals with president Trump’s attacks on her and how she would advise young Black journalists and journalists of color in news organizations. This American Forum, moderated by professor Jane Hall, is a co-production between American University’s School of Communication and the non-partisan Kennedy Political Union at AU, with AU student publication The Blackprint.