Ali Gostanian
Director, I Believe Israeli Women Global Movement | Feminist Diplomacy, UN Advocacy + International Policy | Johns Hopkins SAIS ’25 | Ex: NBC News
About Me
Ali Gostanian is the Director of I Believe Israel Women Global Movement, a joint initiative of Jewish Women International and Seed the Dream Foundation dedicated to fighting the denial and disinformation surrounding sexual violence committed against Israeli women, men and children on and after October 7, 2023. She has conducted field research in Jordan and advised the Hashemite Kingdom on water security and human rights policy, with her findings published in a comprehensive policy report. She has also advised Walmart on corporate strategy and sustainability policy.
Prior to transitioning into the international policy and advocacy space, Ali spent a decade at NBC News as an award-winning senior reporter, producer, editor and newsroom leader, specializing in open-source intelligence, social media verification and investigative reporting. She served as the weekend manager for social newsgathering operations, leading a team of journalists during breaking news coverage. Her work has been featured across various NBC News platforms.
Ali is the winner of a News Emmy Award, eight National Murrow Awards, a Press Club Award and the Society for Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence in Professional Journalism. She was also nominated for twelve Emmy Awards during her time at NBC News.
Ali earned a Master of International Public Policy, with Honors, from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C., where she studied international relations, public policy and geopolitics, with a focus on security, statecraft and governance in the Middle East. She also holds a B.A. in Communications and Media Studies, Journalism, and Business Administration from Fordham University in New York.
Awards
2025 RTDNA National Murrow Award for Breaking News Coverage: Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump
2025 RTDNA National Murrow Award for Newscast: Nightly News with Lester Holt (July 15, 2024)
2024 RTDNA National Murrow Award for Breaking News Coverage: Attack on Israel - October 7, 2023
2022 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage: January 6th Attack on the Capitol
2022 RTDNA National Murrow Award for Overall Excellence: NBC News
2022 RTDNA National Murrow Award for Breaking News Coverage: Siege of the Capitol
2022 RTDNA National Murrow Award for Newscast: Nightly News with Lester Holt (August 26, 2021)
2021 RTDNA National Murrow Award for Newscast: TODAY/NBC News
2020 RTDNA National Murrow Award for Breaking News Coverage: Deadly Mass Shootings
2020 New York Press Club Award for Feature - Science Medicine & Technology: Climate in Crisis Coverage
2020 Society of Professional Journalists SigmaDelta Chi Award for Excellence in Professional Journalism: Notre Dame fire
Nominations
2025 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Live News Special: Special Report - Assassination Attempt
2025 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Live News Program: NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
2025 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Live News Program: Top Story with Tom Llamas
2024 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage: Attack on Israel - October 7
2024 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Live News Program: NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
2023 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage: Uvalde School Shooting
2023 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Live News Program: NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
2019 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Breaking News Coverage: Parkland School Shooting
2019 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Coverage of Breaking News in a Newscast: NBC Nightly News - State of Emergency: Hurricane Florence
2017 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Breaking News Coverage: Terror in Brussels
2017 NATAS News & Documentary Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast: NBC Nightly News - Brussels Under Attack