Aishah Hasnie
Aishah Hasnie | |
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Born | 1984 or 1985 (age 39–40)[1] |
Occupation | Television reporter |
Years active | 2006–present |
Employer | Fox Entertainment Group |
Aishah Hasnie (born 1984/1985) is an American television journalist who served as an overnight anchor and headline news reporter on Fox & Friends First and Fox & Friends, but now serves as a daytime news correspondent.
Biography
Hasnie was born in Lahore, Pakistan[1] but raised in Bedford, Indiana.[2] She is a 2002 graduate of Bedford North Lawrence High School.[3] Hasnie graduated with a B.A. in journalism from Indiana University where she was a Dick Yoakam Broadcast Journalism Scholar.[2] During school, she interned as an on-air reporter at WICS-TV in Springfield, Illinois (where her cousin, Maira Ansari, was a reporter), WTHR-TV in Indianapolis, and GEO-TV in Pakistan.[2] After school, she accepted a position as investigative reporter and fill-in anchor at WANE-TV in Fort Wayne, Indiana where she was nominated for an Emmy award for an investigative report on voyeurism.[2] In 2011, she accepted a position as investigative reporter at WXIN-TV (FOX59) in Indianapolis and also served as anchor of First at Four.[2] In January 2019, she accepted a position at Fox News in New York City[4] as overnight anchor and news correspondent[5] for Fox & Friends First and Fox & Friends.
Hasnie has been recognized for her work by the Indiana Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists.[2]
References
- ^ a b Hussain, Tania (February 7, 2014). "IWMF: Interview with Fox59's Aishah Hasnie". International Women's Media Foundation.
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- ^ a b c d e f "Aishah Hasnie anchors FOX59′s First at Four and is a FOX59 Investigates reporter". FOX 59. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ Shetler, Krystal (February 1, 2019). "BNL grad, news anchor heading to Fox News". The Hoosier Times.
- ^ Mack, Justin L. (January 29, 2019). "Aishah Hasnie leaving Fox59 to join Fox News Channel". Indianapolis Star.
- ^ "Afternoon anchor Hasnie leaving Fox59 for national news gig". Indianapolis Business Journal. January 29, 2019.
- American television reporters and correspondents
- Living people
- Bedford North Lawrence High School alumni
- People from Indiana
- American women television journalists
- American people of Pakistani descent
- Fox News people
- Indiana University alumni
- American writers of Pakistani descent
- People from Bedford, Indiana
- Pakistani emigrants to the United States
- 1980s births
- People from Lahore