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demmiblue

(36,742 posts)
Tue May 4, 2021, 10:18 AM May 2021

Yamiche Alcindor Is Named Host of 'Washington Week' on PBS

Source: NYT

Last month, when Yamiche Alcindor learned she would become the next moderator of the PBS current-affairs show “Washington Week,” she immediately felt the emotion of the moment.

“I basically instantly cried,” Ms. Alcindor recalled, “thinking about Gwen.”

“Washington Week,” a calm redoubt in the shouty battleground of political television, is most closely associated with its longtime moderator Gwen Ifill, the pioneering journalist who broke barriers as a Black woman in the Washington press corps.

Before her death in 2016, Ms. Ifill also became a mentor to Ms. Alcindor, the White House correspondent at “PBS NewsHour.” Starting with the episode on Friday, Ms. Alcindor, 34, will take Ms. Ifill’s old chair at the helm of “Washington Week.” She succeeds Robert Costa, a reporter for The Washington Post who took over in 2017 and left the show this year.

PBS and WETA-TV, the Washington affiliate that produces the program, announced the appointment of Ms. Alcindor on Tuesday.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/business/media/yamiche-alcindor-washington-week-pbs.html





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Yamiche Alcindor Is Named Host of 'Washington Week' on PBS (Original Post) demmiblue May 2021 OP
Oh, good. I was hoping it would be her. No one can take the place of Gwen Ifill, but I think Arkansas Granny May 2021 #1
Wow ampm May 2021 #2
i hear she is a good choice samsingh May 2021 #3
Excellent. niyad May 2021 #4
She has a great moderated tone, a pleasure to listen to. Historic NY May 2021 #5
k&r n/t lordsummerisle May 2021 #6
This makes me so happy! Wild blueberry May 2021 #7
Morning Joe has had her on regularly. CTyankee May 2021 #8
She succeeds Robert Costa, a reporter for The Washington Post who took over in 2017 left-of-center2012 May 2021 #9
I was hoping it would be her. 2naSalit May 2021 #10
I am thrilled for her! SallyHemmings May 2021 #11
I think Gwen would be pleased soldierant May 2021 #12

Arkansas Granny

(31,483 posts)
1. Oh, good. I was hoping it would be her. No one can take the place of Gwen Ifill, but I think
Tue May 4, 2021, 10:24 AM
May 2021

Yamiche is a very good choice.

That being said, I thought Robert Costa also did a fine job. I look forward to the book he is co-authoring with Bob Woodward.

Wild blueberry

(6,536 posts)
7. This makes me so happy!
Tue May 4, 2021, 12:12 PM
May 2021

I loved Gwen Ifill and still miss her. I love Yamiche Alcindor, and respect both of them tremendously.
She's a really great choice!

CTyankee

(63,768 posts)
8. Morning Joe has had her on regularly.
Tue May 4, 2021, 12:36 PM
May 2021

I like her a lot. She's smart but she is also beautiful. Her face shines when she talks.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
9. She succeeds Robert Costa, a reporter for The Washington Post who took over in 2017
Tue May 4, 2021, 01:01 PM
May 2021

Robert Costa was the Moderator and Managing Editor of Washington Week, the Peabody Award-winning weekly news analysis series on PBS, from 2017 to 2021. Costa is also a full-time national political reporter for The Washington Post, where he covers Congress and the White House and regularly travels the country to meet with voters and elected officials.

Costa was the eighth moderator in Washington Week’s 50-year history. He had appeared as a panelist on Washington Week dating back to 2014.

https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/profile/robert-costa

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