A Quad Cities producer turned reporter has made history in local television news.
Tahera Rahman is the first Muslim female to wear a hijab on air everyday as a reporter for the Nexstar owned CBS affiliate WHBF.
“I didn’t have anyone who looked like me on TV, so I never really thought it was a possibility,” said Tahera during an interview with her station.
Tahera told her story of rejection and how so many news directors told her she’d never get on-air if she planned to wear a head scarf.
“I was like, someday, someone is going to notice the work I’m putting in and give me a chance,” Tahera said.
So she took a job behind the scenes at Local 4 but continued to work on her craft as a reporter. And last week Tahera finally got a shot. Her family came to the station to watch her local news debut.
“She’s wanted this her whole life,” Tahera’s mother Durdana Rahman said.
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