Yamiche Alcindor Named Moderator of WASHINGTON WEEK Published on WASHINGTON WEEK, the Peabody Award-winning weekly PBS news analysis series produced by WETA, is proud to announce its newest head moderator, Yamiche Alcindor. Alcindor is currently the White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour, a position she will retain. She is also a political contributor for NBC News and MSNBC and has worked as a reporter for USA Today and The New York Times. “I am incredibly honored and grateful to take the helm of WASHINGTON WEEK,” Alcindor said. “This show has an amazing legacy, and I am thrilled to step into it. I hope to build on it, to expand it and to bring this show forward distinctively into these times of challenge and controversy. In doing so, my guiding light will be serving our audiences and not shying away from the hard conversations about power and politics.”