Allie Raffa '14

Biography

Allie Raffa is a White House correspondent for NBC News, contributing coverage of the Biden administration to all of the network’s platforms including “TODAY,” “Nightly News,” MSNBC and NBC News NOW.

She joined NBC’s White House unit in January after covering Capitol Hill for the network for a year, in which she contributed to the network’s coverage of the January 6th Committee hearings and aftermath of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.

She came to NBC's Washington, D.C. bureau in January 2022 from the network's San Diego affiliate where she reported on wildfires across Southern California, the recall effort against Gov. Gavin Newsom and reopening of the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the state’s pandemic recovery, among other stories.

Before joining NBC, Raffa spent five years at FOX News Channel. Her most recent assignment at the network launched her across 35 states over 18 months to provide on-the-ground coverage of the 2020 Election as an embedded reporter with then-candidate Joe Biden's campaign. Raffa provided coverage for the network as well as multiple FOX platforms and affiliates daily.

Prior to the election, Raffa held various roles at FOX. She was an associate producer for FOX News Sunday in the network's Washington bureau before becoming a Florida-based network multimedia reporter. In that role, Raffa worked as a one-woman band to provide TV, print and radio coverage of a range of stories including historic hurricanes and floods, Florida International University's pedestrian bridge collapse, United Nations General Assemblies and the trial for drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo' Guzman, among others.

Raffa got her start in journalism helping cover South Florida’s courthouses for CBS Miami affiliate WFOR and contributing to The South Florida Times’ as a student at FIU before interning for the U.S. Senate after graduation.

She graduated from Florida International University's Honors College in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in Communication and Political Science and is a proud member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.