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Yasmin Vossoughian
American journalist (born 1978) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yasmin Vossoughian (born October 3, 1978) is an American television journalist currently serving as a national reporter on MSNBC.
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Early life and education
Vossoughian was raised in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, the daughter of Dr. Ahad and Shamsi Vossoughian, immigrants from Iran.[3][4] She is a graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon, a private college-preparatory school in Gill, Massachusetts[4] after which she earned a B.A. from Occidental College in Los Angeles.[5] Her family is Muslim.[4]
Career
She began her career at CNN's sister channel HLN (formerly CNN Headline News), working as a correspondent.[6] She then worked as an anchor of Morning Joe First Look, the now-cancelled pre-show for MSNBC’s flagship weekday morning show, Morning Joe[7] after which she served as the host of MSNBC’s weekend rolling news program Yasmin Vossoughian Reports, airing from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET on weekends, until it was canceled in November 2023.[8]
Vossoughian regularly fills in for José Díaz-Balart, Andrea Mitchell, and Chris Jansing on weekday editions of MSNBC Reports.
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Personal life
She is married and has two sons.[9]
References
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