Odette Yousef
National Security Correspondent on Extremism, NPR
2022
Odette Yousef is NPR’s domestic extremism correspondent. Her stories often focus on how extremist ideologies and tactics filter into the mainstream. Prior to joining NPR in August of 2021, Yousef was a reporter at Chicago NPR affiliate station WBEZ. There, she hosted Season 3 of the investigative podcast Motive, exploring the emergence and spread of the neo-Nazi skinhead movement in the U.S. and its connections to the far right extremism of today. The season won a 2021 national Edward R. Murrow award. For more than a decade in Chicago, Yousef focused on stories about race, class and identity.
At the Summit
The catalytic power of this Summit in bringing together those who are devoting their lives to pushing back and working to confront, understand and work towards solutions around hate in our society is a noble and difficult task. The Summit not only energized those who attended but led to connecting the dots in a global network of those doing this work. The stories of the victims of hate were painful to witness but their courage in coming forward was inspirational. Those who attended left energized with the hope that by working together solutions can be forged.
