Odette Yousef is NPR's National Security correspondent focusing on extremism.
In her reporting, Yousef covers the growth and evolution of extremism in the U.S., and how extremist ideas break into the mainstream.
Before joining NPR in August of 2021, Yousef spent twelve years reporting for public radio station WBEZ in Chicago, where she was part of the Race, Class and Identity team. While there, she was reporter and host for Season 3 of WBEZ's investigative podcast, Motive. The podcast, which won a 2021 national Edward R. Murrow award, explores the emergence and spread of the neo-Nazi skinhead movement in the U.S. and its connections to the far right extremism of today. Yousef was also part of a team that won a 2016 National Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Continuing Coverage, and she received a 2018 Studs Terkel Community Media Award. Prior to joining WBEZ, Yousef reported at WABE in Atlanta.
Born and raised in the Boston area, Yousef received a Bachelor of Arts in economics and East Asian studies from Harvard University. She is based in Chicago.
Website: https://www.npr.org/people/1052543088/odette-yousef
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