
Yasmin Amer
Executive Producer, Agile Production Team
Yasmin Amer is an executive producer of WBUR's agile production team.
Yasmin most recently served as executive producer of WBUR's Radio Boston. Previously, she was a producer and reporter for WBUR’s Kind World podcast.
She joined the local newsroom in late 2016 as a field producer for WBUR's Morning Edition. Before that, she spent almost six years at the CNN headquarters in Atlanta working as a writer, producer, and news editor.
Besides telling a good story, Yasmin is interested in emerging technology and the role it plays in media. She earned her master’s degree in human computer interaction from the Georgia Institute of Technology but she’s first and foremost, a proud North Carolina Tar Heel.
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Remembering a legendary documentarian whose film was so controversial, it was banned
Frederick Wiseman died Monday at age 96. The prolific, Boston-born filmmaker made roughly 50 documentaries. His most famous film was a look inside a Massachusetts correctional facility for those with...

Immigrants move out of Mass. ICE office more quickly, but could face higher legal hurdles
Rep. Seth Moulton toured the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Burlington Monday. He joined WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss the visit, and how faster processing of detainees...
Not-so-traditional holiday concerts to check out in December
Journalist Noah Schaffer joined WBUR's Morning Edition to share a great list not-so-traditional holiday concerts for those who want to hear something different this year.

Israeli journalist explores the divide in the American Jewish community
Romy Neumark, an Israeli journalist and a lecturer at Harvard, explores the divide within the American Jewish community in the new podcast "My Home Fronts."

Injured teen from Gaza arrives in Boston for medical treatment
The nonprofit HEAL Palestine has brought 62 Palestinian children to the U.S. for medical care, most of them with amputations and serious burns.
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Mass. high school student 'not doing great' after ICE arrest
The arrest of a Milford High School student by federal immigration officers has sparked outrage.

Meet the 5 Bostonians awarded WBUR's Community Honors
Meet WBUR's Community Honors Award winners. These five individuals represent a powerful narrative of community service in Greater Boston — past, present and future.
Former Mass. AG calls on law firms to stand up to Trump
Scott Harshbargar, former state attorney general, joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss how extraordinary this moment is for the legal profession.

What changed in Boston's tech industry in 2024
Radio Boston looks back at some of the biggest tech breakthroughs of 2024 in our region.
For people with developmental disabilities, turning 22 can feel like 'falling off a cliff'
When a young adult with a developmental disability in Massachusetts turns 22, they transition out of the special education programs they’re entitled to by their school district and into programs...