Leland Vittert

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Leland Vittert
Leland Vittert in 2018.jpg
Born (1982-08-31) August 31, 1982 (age 42)
Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater Northwestern University (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, news correspondent, anchor
Employer NewsNation
Relatives Liberty Vittert (sister)

Leland Holt Vittert (born August 31, 1982)[ citation needed ] is an American journalist who is the anchor and national correspondent for NewsNation. He worked for Fox News from 2010 to 2021, [1] [2] [3] initially as a foreign correspondent based in Jerusalem [4] [5] [6] and later as a news presenter. He was a substitute host on Fox & Friends , America's Newsroom , and Happening Now . [1] [7] [8] [9] [10]

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Early life and education

Vittert was born on August 31, 1982, in Illinois. Vittert earned a Bachelor of Arts from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where he joined Theta Chi. [1] [2] He also completed The General Course, a one-year study abroad program at the London School of Economics. [1] [2]

Career

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Vittert in 2011

During the 2000s, Vittert anchored the weekend news at KDVR-TV in Denver, Colorado, and was a reporter for WFTV-TV in Orlando, Florida. He was also at KATV-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas, KNWA-TV in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and WMTV-TV in Madison, Wisconsin. [1]

Vittert's coverage of the Freddie Gray riots in Baltimore was praised by Mediaite and The Daily Caller . [11] [12] [13] According to Mediaite, Vittert "made his mark…by standing among protesters, facing a silent line of riot police, while interviewing residents and demonstrators affected by the story in various ways. He [broke] news about the Baltimore mayor's alleged stand-down orders for police, and [had] tense question-and-answer exchanges with lawmakers and public figures throughout the city." [11] [13] [14]

Arriving in the Middle East in 2010, Vittert began following the Arab Spring. [4] In 2011, he was one of the few reporters live on the ground in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the night that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak left power. [4] Vittert subsequently traveled to Libya during the first days of the country's revolution, where he reported on Muammar Gaddafi's counterattack and later from the besieged city of Misurata. [15] [16]

Vittert covered Operation Pillar of Cloud, the 2012 war between Israel and Hamas. [17] He has interviewed Muhammad al-Zawahiri, the brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. [18] [19]

Before coming to Washington, D.C., in 2014, Vittert spent a month in Eastern Ukraine as Russian-backed militias took over parts of the country. [20] [21]

While covering the George Floyd protests outside the White House in Washington, D.C., Vittert and his crew were attacked by protesters and later chased away from the area. [22] In an interview on Cavuto Live the following day, Vittert stated that he and his crew were assaulted after a protester realized they were employed by Fox News. [23] [24]

Vittert's last on-air appearance on Fox News was in January 2021; he left the network in April 2021. A Fox News spokesperson said, "We have mutually and amicably parted ways with Leland Vittert", leaving it unclear whether he quit or was fired. [25] On May 5, 2021, Nexstar announced that Vittert will join NewsNation starting May 17, 2021, as a national correspondent and anchor. [26] On May 17, 2021, Vittert made his first appearance for NewsNation on The Donlon Report and NewsNation Prime . On July 8, 2021, Nexstar announced that Vittert would anchor a primetime show called On Balance with Leland Vittert on NewsNation starting July 19, 2021. [27]

Personal life

Vittert won Westword's Best Hair on a TV Anchor Award in 2007. [2] [6] His sister, Liberty Vittert, is a television chef and professor of data science at Harvard University. [28] [29] [30]

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