PBS White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor

PBS White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor speaks exclusively to Film Festival Radio about the Mid-term Elections and what it’s like to cover the White House under President Trump’s Administration.

ABOUT YAMICHE ALCINDOR—She is a White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour. Previously, Alcindor worked as a national political reporter for The New York Times where she covered the presidential campaigns of Mr. Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders as well as Congress. She also wrote about the impact of President Donald Trump's policies on working class people and people of color. Before joining The Times, she was a national breaking news reporter for USA Today and traveled across the country to cover stories including the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., the death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. and the police related protests in Ferguson, Mo. and Baltimore, Md.