As an East Coast native, Amal Elhelw loves being able to call Boston home while telling stories important to the local community. Amal kicked off her journey as a journalist while in college studying Media and Journalism at SUNY University at Buffalo. Before graduating, Amal worked as an intern at WROC in her hometown of Rochester, NY, and accepted a job as a producer for the evening newscasts. Amal worked her way up from Producer to Multimedia Journalist to Morning Anchor, covering everything from the COVID-19 pandemic to breaking news scenes to local politics. Amal made history in 2021 by becoming the first hijabi news anchor and reporter in Western New York, pioneering a form of representation in media that is lacking. She brought that representation to the West Coast and made history again while working as an anchor and reporter at KPTV in Portland, OR. In the Rose City, Amal covered major stories like the door plug that flew off a Boeing plane over Portland and uncovered the city's mishandling of funds related to unhoused communities. Now back on the East Coast, Amal is thrilled to be joining the team at Boston25 and continuing to break big stories, while also working on her master's degree at Northeastern University. While Amal loves the spontaneity of news, her favorite topic to cover is stories related to immigrants and refugees. As the daughter of an immigrant herself, Amal understands the importance of learning from those who come from all walks of life, and shares that with her audience by telling the inspiring stories of those new to the United States. When she's not in the newsroom, Amal loves to explore by taking road trips to places near and far while hunting down the best local coffee shops Boston has to offer! If you have a news tip for Amal, you can contact her via email at Amal.Elhelw@Boston25.com or on social media, Instagram and X.