Aishah Hasnie

Aishah Hasnie (born October 4, 1984) is a Pakistani-American television journalist and congressional correspondent for The Fox News Channel based in Washington, D.C..

Biography
Hasnie was born in Lahore, Pakistan, on October 4, 1984. Her uncle was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy who sponsored her family to emigrate to the United States. She was raised in Bedford, Indiana, where she graduated in 2002 from Bedford North Lawrence High School. 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. In August 2021, she was named congressional correspondent for Fox News. 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.

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. In January 2022, Hasnie began her term as a board member of USA for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.