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.

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