Nick Schifrin is the PBS NewsHour foreign affairs and defense correspondent.
15 Facts About Nick Schifrin
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In 2002 Nick Schifrin joined ABC News as an overnight desk assistant.
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In 2006, Nick Schifrin helped launch the daily World News Webcast, the first network show designed for the web and iTunes.
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Nick Schifrin served as the show's writer and broadcast producer.
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In 2007, Nick Schifrin moved to New Delhi, India, where he served as an ABC News reporter.
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Nick Schifrin was one of the first international reporters to arrive on the scene following the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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Nick Schifrin was one of the first journalists to arrive in Abbottabad, Pakistan after Osama bin Laden's death in 2011, delivering one of biggest exclusives of the year: the first video from inside bin Laden's compound.
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Nick Schifrin's reporting helped ABC News win an Edward R Murrow Award for its bin Laden coverage.
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In 2012, Nick Schifrin moved to London, reporting on breaking news and feature stories across Europe and northern Africa.
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In November 2013, Nick Schifrin became Al Jazeera America's first foreign correspondent.
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Nick Schifrin was based in Jerusalem and primarily covered the Middle East.
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In early 2014, Nick Schifrin arrived in Ukraine as violence peaked in Kiev.
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Nick Schifrin spent more than a month in Ukraine, including Crimea, as Ukraine's pro-Russian government fell and Russia annexed Crimea.
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Nick Schifrin was named PBS NewsHour foreign affairs and defense correspondent in May 2018.
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In 2021, Nick Schifrin was part of a team of correspondents and producers awarded a Peabody for coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic.