Aishah Hasnie

Hasnie was born in Lahore, Pakistan.[1] Her uncle was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy who sponsored her family to immigrate to the United States.[2] She was raised in Bedford, Indiana,[3] where she graduated in 2002 from Bedford North Lawrence High School.[4] Hasnie graduated with a B.A. in journalism from Indiana University, where she was a Dick Yoakam Broadcast Journalism Scholar.[3] 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.[3] 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.[3] In 2011, she accepted a position as investigative reporter at WXIN-TV (FOX59) in Indianapolis and also served as anchor of First at Four.[3] In January 2019, she accepted a position at Fox News in New York City[5] as overnight anchor and news correspondent[6] for Fox & Friends First and Fox & Friends. In August 2021, she was named as congressional correspondent for Fox News.[7]

Hasnie has been recognized for her work by the Indiana Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists.[3]