| Aishah Hasnie | |
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Occupation: | Television reporter |
| Years Active: | 2006 - present |
| Employer: | Fox News Media |
Aishah Hasnie (born October 4, 1984)[1] [2] is a Pakistani-American television journalist and congressional correspondent for The Fox News Channel based in Washington, D.C..
Hasnie was born in Lahore, Pakistan, on October 4, 1984.[3] Her uncle was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy who sponsored her family to emigrate to the United States.[4] She was raised in Bedford, Indiana,[5] where she graduated in 2002 from Bedford North Lawrence High School.[6] Hasnie graduated with a B.A. in journalism from Indiana University Bloomington, where she was a Dick Yoakam Broadcast Journalism Scholar. 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. 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. In 2011, she accepted a position as investigative reporter at WXIN-TV (FOX59) in Indianapolis and served as anchor of First at Four. In January 2019, she accepted a position at Fox News in New York City as an overnight anchor and news correspondent.[7] In August 2021, she was named congressional correspondent for Fox News.[8] [9] Hasnie serves as a regular guest host of Fox News Live, America's Newsroom and America Reports.
Hasnie is a religious Muslim and prays five times a day.[10]
Hasnie has been recognized for her work by the Indiana Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2020, Hasnie was named a New York Woman of Impact by Variety for her coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] In January 2022, Hasnie began her term as a board member of USA for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.[12]