Hannah Allam
National Security Reporter Focusing on Extremism and Domestic Terrorism, The Washington Post
2022
Hannah Allam writes about extremism, terrorism and national security for The Washington Post. She joined The Post in 2021 from NPR, where she also covered violent extremism. As a longtime foreign correspondent for McClatchy, Allam served as bureau chief in Baghdad during the Iraq War and in Cairo during the Arab Spring rebellions. She returned to the United States in 2012 and has reported extensively on U.S. foreign policy, race and religion, and the mainstreaming of extremist ideologies. Allam was part of a Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. She serves on the board of the International Women’s Media Foundation, or IWMF, which supports and trains women journalists around the world.
To me, Eradicate Hate was the most important gathering of 2021 for those of us who work on issues related to domestic extremism and organized hate. The Summit uniquely combined a variety of perspectives, including experts, civil society representatives, politicians and policymakers, and the families and loved ones of victims. Eradicate Hate has the important mission of standing against the rising tide of hate and extremism in our society, and it’s an honor to be able to support this mission.
