Tahera Rahman joined NBC 5 in September 2023. She comes from Austin, where she reported largely on business, housing, and development for KXAN News. She covered historic events, including the 2021 winter storm and the Uvalde mass shooting. Tahera earned the TV multimedia journalist of the year award from the Texas Association of Broadcasters in 2022 for her reporting at KXAN.
Before that, Tahera was a producer, and then reporter, at WHBF-TV in the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa, where she reported on the historic 2019 flood and several 2020 political campaign rallies. She earned the Illinois Broadcasters Association's Broadcast Excellence Award for one of her features there on a small, rural farm that transformed into a concert hall at night. It remains one of her favorite stories to date!
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When she made her on-air debut in 2018, Tahera not only fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a TV news reporter, but she also broke a historic barrier, becoming the first full-time TV reporter to wear a hijab, or headscarf, on a mainstream American network. Now, she loves sharing her passion for storytelling with others and encouraging our next generation of journalists. She's been honored by many groups, including the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations' National Women Achievements Award, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations' American Muslim Trailblazer award.
When she’s not researching stories and meeting her neighbors (y'all) in the field, Tahera loves spending time with her new baby and her husband, a local TV sports reporter. They enjoy hiking together, discovering new coffee shops, and eating their way through the top Texas barbecue lists.
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TCU's new medical school building home to innovative education
It’s shiny and new, with even custom bricks—but it’s what’s inside TCU’s new medical school building that’s really intriguing. The Ann Burnett Marion School of Medicine celebrates the dedication of its new 96,000 square-foot facility Tuesday in the heart of Fort Worth’s Medical Innovation District. NBC 5’sTahera Rahman got an exclusive sneak peek.
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Some North Texas medical students are getting hands-on, holographic learning
Texas Christian University’s new medical school building features unique technology for the next generation of physicians– some of it, you can’t find anywhere else in the Lone Star State.
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Fort Worth police officer arrested for off-duty shooting on I-35w
Officer William Martin has been arrested and booked into the Tarrant County Jail on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, NBC 5’s Tahera Rahman has the details.
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Study: Potential impacts of Panther Island project on Historic Northside
The City of Fort Worth is studying how to make sure the $1 billion Panther Island project doesn’t decimate the historic North Side neighborhood.
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Fort Worth focuses on how to preserve city's North Side as Panther Island develops
How to make sure a $1 billion project in Fort Worth doesn’t decimate a historic neighborhood, that’s the focus of a recent study on Panther Island. NBC 5’s Tahera Rahman explains how the city will try to preserve the North Side.
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Massive Fort Worth data center clears first hurdle, community fight continues
Developers for a massive data center in Southwest Fort Worth cleared their first major hurdle, but NBC 5’s Tahera Rahman reports the community fight against the development isn’t going away.
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Massive Fort Worth data center surpasses major hurdle, with caveats
Developers for a data center in southwest Fort Worth cleared their first major hurdle on Tuesday night, landing approval of a zoning amendment.
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Tarrant County ends deal to send unclaimed remains to UNT Health Science Center
For years, the medical examiners of Dallas and Tarrant Counties sent unclaimed human remains to the University of North Texas Health Science Center. NBC 5’s Tahera Rahman reports why Tarrant County commissioners voted to end that deal.
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Tarrant County, UNTHSC end partnership on ‘unclaimed' dead bodies
A years-long agreement between Tarrant County and the University of North Texas Health Science Center over the use of unclaimed dead bodies has now ended.
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‘Counting miracles': Fort Worth church marks 25 years after mass shooting
Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth is a place where people believe in miracles, even 25 years after a mass shooting.