Stephanie Sy is a PBS NewsHour correspondent and serves as anchor of PBS NewsHour West.
Sy was previously the host of Carnegie Council's Ethics Matter interview series, an anchor and national correspondent for Yahoo News, and a news anchor for the now-defunct Al Jazeera America.
Sy won a 2014 Gracie Award for her interview ""Talk to Al Jazeera: Gloria Steinem."" Prior to joining Al Jazeera, Sy was a foreign and domestic correspondent for ABC News from 2003 to 2011. As ABC's Asia correspondent based in Beijing, Sy was awarded the Overseas Press Club's David Kaplan Award for Spot News coverage for her stories on the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Her reports focused largely on the poorly constructed schools that led to the deaths of thousands of children. Sy's China earthquake coverage was also nominated for a national Emmy. Sy won a Business Emmy for ""World News with Charles Gibson: Global Food Crisis"" during her time in China. Sy was also based in London and New York for ABC, covering stories including the war in Iraq, the London terror attacks, the Times Square bombing attempt, the death of Pope John Paul II, and three Olympic Games. As a local military reporter based in Norfolk, Virginia, Sy covered the U.S. invasion of Iraq, winning an Associated Press award for her coverage. She got her start in broadcast reporting at WBTW in Florence, South Carolina.
Featured Work
FEB 13, 2017 • Podcast
A Conversation with Robert Quinn on Scholars at Risk
Scholars at Risk provides temporary teaching positions and advisory services to hundreds of threatened scholars around the world. Quinn describes how its caseload has doubled ...
FEB 2, 2017 • Podcast
Shalini Kantayya: The Intersection of Ethics, the Environment, & Economics
"I think we as a movement have not done a good job of making climate change a kitchen-table issue, of making this an economic issue ...
DEC 20, 2016 • Podcast
GroundTruth's Charles Sennott on the Future of Journalism
Despite all the challenges, right now is one of the most exciting moments for a new generation to redefine journalism, says Charles Sennott. The core ...
DEC 15, 2016 • Podcast
Global Ethics Forum Preview: Terrorism and "Rogue Justice" with Karen Greenberg
Next time on Global Ethics Forum, Fordham Law's Karen Greenberg discusses ISIS in Europe and America and ways to counter violent extremism. In this excerpt, ...
DEC 12, 2016 • Podcast
The Ethics and Governance of Geoengineering
The definition of geoengineering is "large-scale human intervention with the Earth in order to change the climate," says Janos Pasztor, and to manage the world's ...
DEC 8, 2016 • Podcast
Global Ethics Forum Preview: The Ethics and Governance of Geoengineering with Janos Pasztor
Next time on Global Ethics Forum, Janos Pasztor, director of the Carnegie Climate Geoengineering Governance Project, discusses new technology and our changing climate. In this ...
DEC 1, 2016 • Podcast
Global Ethics Forum Preview: The Pros, Cons, and Ethical Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence with Wendell Wallach
Next time on Global Ethics Forum, Yale University's Wendell Wallach discusses the ethics of artificial intelligence, touching on workplace automation, self-driving cars, and the future ...
NOV 17, 2016 • Podcast
Global Ethics Forum Preview: A Conversation with Krista Tippett on Becoming Wise
Next time on Global Ethics Forum, Krista Tippett, host of radio program "On Being," talks religion, politics, and how to build a more hopeful future. ...
NOV 3, 2016 • Podcast
Global Ethics Forum Preview: New Paradigms for Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Aid with Kilian Kleinschmidt
Next time on Global Ethics Forum, Kilian Kleinschmidt, the former head of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, discusses a new paradigm for humanitarian aid. ...
OCT 6, 2016 • Podcast
Karen Greenberg on Terrorism and "Rogue Justice"
What attracts young people to terrorism? Targeted killings, indefinite detention, mass surveillance--have Americans allowed too much power to be vested in the presidency? How are ...