Nick Schifrin, Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent for PBS NewsHour, is a renowned journalist known for his in-depth coverage of global conflicts. With multiple trips to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, he has led NewsHour’s daily foreign coverage.
Schifrin’s work has earned him numerous awards. The PBS NewsHour series “Inside Putin’s Russia” won a 2017 Peabody Award and an Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence in 2020. He also received the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Arthur Ross Media Award for Distinguished Reporting and Analysis of Foreign Affairs in 2020.
Prior to joining PBS NewsHour, Schifrin worked as Al Jazeera America’s Middle East correspondent, covering major conflicts including the Gaza war and Syrian civil war. His reporting on the annexation of Crimea earned him an Overseas Press Club award.
Schifrin has also reported extensively from Afghanistan, where he served as ABC News correspondent from 2008-2012. He was one of the first journalists to arrive in Abbottabad, Pakistan, after Osama bin Laden’s death and delivered a major exclusive on the video from inside bin Laden’s compound.
A graduate of Columbia University with a Bachelor’s degree, Schifrin holds a Master of International Public Policy degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves as board member of the Overseas Press Club Foundation.
Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/zelenskyys-chief-of-staff-discusses-new-reality-for-security-in-ukraine-and-europe