Emily Kassie is an Emmy® and Peabody®-nominated investigative
journalist and filmmaker. Kassie shoots, directs and reports stories
on geopolitical conflict, humanitarian crises, corruption and the
people caught in the crossfire. Her work for The New York Times, PBS
Frontline, Netflix, and others ranges from drug and weapons
trafficking in the Saharan desert, to immigrant detention in the
United States. In 2021, she smuggled into Taliban territory with PBS
Newshour correspondent Jane Ferguson to report on their imminent siege
of Kabul and targeted killing of female leaders. Her work has been
honored with multiple Edward R. Murrow, World Press Photo and National
Press Photographers awards. Her multimedia feature on the economic
exploitation of the Syrian and West African refugee crises won the
Overseas Press Club Award and made her the youngest person to win a
National Magazine award. She previously oversaw visual journalism at
Highline, Huffington Post’s investigative magazine, and at The
Marshall Project. Kassie was named to Forbes 30 under 30 in 2020 and
is a 2023 New America fellow. Her first documentary, I Married My
Family’s Killer, following couples in post-genocide Rwanda, won a
Student Academy Award in 2015.
