Amna Nawaz serves as co-anchor of PBS NewsHour. Prior to joining the program in April 2018, Nawaz was an anchor and correspondent at ABC News, anchoring breaking news coverage and leading the network’s livestream coverage of the 2016 presidential election. Before 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, built in 2014 to elevate stories from the United States’ fastest growing and most diverse population. 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.