WBUR Appoints Yasmin Amer as Morning Edition Field Producer

WBUR announced today that Yasmin Amer has been appointed as WBUR’s Morning Edition field producer. She will work closely with WBUR Morning Edition Host Bob Oakes to produce and report daily news stories, interviews and special series.

“We are thrilled to have Yasmin join our team,” said WBUR director of news and programming Sam Fleming. “As we enter the new year, we are pleased to continue expanding our newsroom with members of the media who understand the essential role of high quality, substantive, nonpartisan journalism. With Yasmin’s experience, we know that she will be a great addition to our team who will help serve our local community by reporting on in depth stories that impact our lives.”

Yasmin joins WBUR after five years at CNN, where she has worked as an assignment editor on the international desk, as a news editor at CNN International NewSource, as a writer and producer on CNN domestic shows, and as a writer and producer for CNN NewSource.

Yasmin earned her master's degree in human-computer interaction at the Georgia Institute of Technology and her bachelor's degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, majoring in broadcast journalism and Arabic studies with a minor in religious studies.