Odette Yousef is a National Security correspondent focusing on extremism.
In her reporting, Yousef aims to explore how extremist ideas break into the mainstream, how individuals are radicalized and efforts to counter that.
Before joining NPR in August of 2021, Yousef spent twelve years reporting for member station WBEZ in Chicago, where she was most recently part of the Race, Class and Identity team. While there, she was reporter and host for Season 3 of WBEZ's investigative podcast, Motive. The podcast, which won a 2021 national Edward R. Murrow award, explores the emergence and spread of the neo-Nazi skinhead movement in the U.S. and its connections to the far right extremism of today. Yousef was also part of a team that won a 2016 National Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Continuing Coverage, and she received a 2018 Studs Terkel Community Media Award. Prior to joining WBEZ, Yousef reported at WABE in Atlanta.
Born and raised in the Boston area, Yousef received a Bachelor of Arts in economics and East Asian studies from Harvard University. She is based in Chicago.
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Leaders from roughly 60 countries gathered in Washington, DC, to discuss what top Trump administration officials are calling an urgent...
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Hundreds of masked white nationalists marched in the nation's capital on July Fourth. Who were they and where does their... -
NPR's domestic extremism correspondent, Odette Yousef, reports on how the white nationalist group Patriot Front pays for their rallies.
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Racist mob violence in Northern Ireland earlier this month has drawn keen interest from extremist groups and figures in the...
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In the wake of racist mob violence in Northern Ireland, there has been attention on "active clubs," a global network... -
Misogyny is an increasing factor in far-right attacks, but it often goes unnoticed. -
Authorities say a deadly attack on a mosque in San Diego may be a hate crime. Online materials believed to...
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The Southern Poverty Law Center is facing a serious threat from the Justice Department — and comes at a time... -
An attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday has, again, highlighted the climate of political violence in... -
An attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday has, again, highlighted the climate of political violence in...
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The defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the polls is fueling questions about what's in store for far-right...
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Justification for starting a war with Iran have been inconsistent and sometimes contradictory from U.S. officials, but the language has...