Farnoush Amiri's guest appearances

Farnoush Amiri

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

The Journalism Salute

Richard Davies

Deepak Chopra

Alex Banayan

Whitney Johnson

Ramona Ortega

Dorie Clark

Liz Ann Sonders

Barbara Corcoran

Sallie Krawcheck

Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz

Vicki Robin

Suze Orman

Chris Ducker

Chris Guillebeau

Jason Vitug

OwlTail

Farnoush Amiri is one of the busiest journalists we’ve gotten to interview. She is currently a reporter for the Associated Press as part of the Report for America, covering a broad range of stories out of Columbus, Ohio. She is also a vice-president for the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA), and a co-director of the Voices program for the Asian-American Journalists Association (AAJA). Farnoush talked about her career path, which began at The Hollywood Reporter, where she learned lessons still applicable today. She talked about her current job, and what a week is like covering everything from state government to the pandemic to any other news happening in her coverage area. She also discussed her most notable story – a piece for NPR’s Code Switch on a harrowing incident involving her family and the police at a time when post-9/11 tensions were high. Farnoush also spoke about the priorities of the AAJA and what the Voices program does to help train young journalists and build awareness for problematic issues, such as prominent organizations hiring interns largely from Ivy League schools. She also addressed the current priorities for the SAJA and why she is taking on these leadership positions.

<a href="http://twitter.com/farnoushamiri" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Farnoush Amiri</a> is one of the busiest journalists we’ve gotten to interview. She is currently a reporter for the Associated Press as part of the <a href="http://reportforamerica.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Report for America</a>, covering a broad range of stories out of Columbus, Ohio. She is also a vice-president for the <a href="http://saja.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">South Asian Journalists Association</a> (SAJA), and a co-director of the Voices program for the <a href="http://aaja.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Asian-American Journalists Association (AAJA)</a>. Farnoush talked about her career path, which began at The Hollywood Reporter, where she learned lessons still applicable today. She talked about her current job, and what a week is like covering everything from state government to the pandemic to any other news happening in her coverage area. She also discussed her most notable story – <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/01/08/454050270/the-day-that-never-happened" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a piece for NPR’s Code Switch</a> on a harrowing incident involving her family and the police at a time when post-9/11 tensions were high. Farnoush also spoke about the priorities of the AAJA and what the Voices program does to help train young journalists and build awareness for <a href="https://voices.aaja.org/index/2019/8/1/how-americas-top-newsrooms-recruit-interns-from-a-small-circle-of-colleges" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">problematic issues</a>, such as prominent organizations hiring interns largely from Ivy League schools. She also addressed the current priorities for the SAJA and why she is taking on these leadership positions.

Farnoush Amiri of the Associated Press, Report for America

I’m a first generation Iranian-American. And so the beginning of this year was especially worrisome when we learned that the our president had ordered the assassination of Iran’s General Soleimani, the leader of the Foreign Wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, raising already heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S.Like many I was really scared about a war erupting...and more lives being sacrificed over something that I honestly don’t think can be solved on the battlefield. Subsequent to this, Iran admitted to accidentally taking down the the Ukrainian jetliner that killed all 176 people on board.In its aftermath, as this is a financial podcast, I thought, what could I share here that was of relevance to us?Well, I recently came across an NPR interview with Farnoush Amiri, who is an Iran-born U.S. citizen, and thought she would be a fantastic guest. In the NPR interview she described a great secret that she and her family kept after a terrifying incident in their home in 2005.She shares this in our conversation, too, but the bigger takeaways from our discussion are her immigrant experiences - lessons both unique and universal, as well as her life today as a financially independent Millennial living in New York City. Listen to learn how she’s creating a SO MONEY life in the context of all that is happening between the two countries she knows and loves.More about Farnoush: She is Iranian American journalist at The Associated Press, based in New York City. She was born in Iran and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of five, where she grew up in Orange County, California, with her parents and younger brother. Farnoush has reported from across the country and in Puerto Rico, where she covered the intensive aftermath of Hurricane Maria. She currently serves on the board of the South Asian Journalists Association. Connect with her on Instagram @FarnoushAmiriNYC and on Twitter @FarnoushAmiri  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’m a first generation Iranian-American. And so the beginning of this year was especially worrisome when we learned that the our president had ordered the assassination of Iran’s General Soleimani, the leader of the Foreign Wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, raising already heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S.Like many I was really scared about a war erupting...and more lives being sacrificed over something that I honestly don’t think can be solved on the battlefield. Subsequent to this, Iran admitted to accidentally taking down the the Ukrainian jetliner that killed all 176 people on board.In its aftermath, as this is a financial podcast, I thought, what could I share here that was of relevance to us?Well, I recently came across an NPR interview with Farnoush Amiri, who is an Iran-born U.S. citizen, and thought she would be a fantastic guest. In the NPR interview she described a great secret that she and her family kept after a terrifying incident in their home in 2005.She shares this in our conversation, too, but the bigger takeaways from our discussion are her immigrant experiences - lessons both unique and universal, as well as her life today as a financially independent Millennial living in New York City. Listen to learn how she’s creating a SO MONEY life in the context of all that is happening between the two countries she knows and loves.More about Farnoush: She is Iranian American journalist at The Associated Press, based in New York City. She was born in Iran and immigrated to the U.S. at the age of five, where she grew up in Orange County, California, with her parents and younger brother. Farnoush has reported from across the country and in Puerto Rico, where she covered the intensive aftermath of Hurricane Maria. She currently serves on the board of the South Asian Journalists Association. Connect with her on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/farnoushamirinyc/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@FarnoushAmiriNYC</a> and on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/farnoushamiri?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@FarnoushAmiri</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

1002: Iranian American Journalist Farnoush Amiri on Immigration, Culture Shock and Building a So Money Life 