Liz Landers | |
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 Landers interviewing DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in July 2021 | |
| Born | Elizabeth Landers August 11, 1990 Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Education | Maclay School |
| Alma mater | Tufts University (BA) |
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| Years active | 2013-present |
| Employer | ABC News |
Elizabeth Landers (born August 11, 1990) [1] is an American journalist who was the chief political correspondent for Vice News .
Elizabeth Landers was born on August 11, 1990. Her mother Pamela Forrester is a former television news anchor for WCTV and The Florida Channel. [2] [3] Her father Joseph W. Landers Jr. is a lawyer who worked as an environmental adviser in the Governor's Office during Reubin Askew's term as Florida governor. [2] [3] He also served as Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation and executive director of the Florida Department of Natural Resources in the 1970s during Askew's term. [4] Landers recalled the 2000 presidential election "when the entire national and international media descended on Tallahassee when the hanging chad happened" as a catalyst for an interest in politics. [3]
From 2009 to 2013, Landers studied a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at Tufts University. [5] While at Tufts, she played polevault and wrote on fashion for the Tufts student newspaper The Tufts Daily . [6] [7] From September 2012 to May 2013, Landers interned in the office of Massachusetts state representative Carl Sciortino where she investigated the use of conversion therapy in Massachusetts and helped draft legislation to outlaw it. [8]
In August 2007, as a teenage writer, Landers interviewed Illinois Senator Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential bid when his candidacy was considered improbable. [9] She also wrote on fashion and lifestyle for Glamour and Cosmopolitan while an online editorial intern. [10] [11] Landers also wrote two articles for The Daily Beast on culture and fashion from 2014 to 2015. [12] [13]
Landers first joined CNN as a freelance news assistant in June 2013. She covered Senator Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign for CNN. Travelling with the Sanders campaign was a "dream gig" according to Landers. [3] Following the end of the Sanders campaign, Landers became the White House Producer for CNN in January 2017, covering White House and Capitol Hill affairs as a news correspondent. [14]
In April 2019, Landers joined Vice News as a guest anchor and political correspondent on the show Vice News Tonight . [15] [16] It was reported in March 2021 that she had been promoted to chief political correspondent at Vice News. [17] Throughout the 2022 midterm election campaign, Landers covered efforts by Trump-endorsed candidates who deny the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election to run for key election oversight positions like Secretaries of State, Attorneys General, and Governors. [18] [19] On April 27, 2023, Landers was included in the layoffs at Vice as the company cut 100 jobs and cancelled its Vice News Tonight program. [20] [21]
| Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2021 | Emmy Awards | Outstanding Newscast | Vice News Tonight | Won | [22] [23] |
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Mr. Landers is married to Pam Forrester, and they have two children, Elizabeth 19, and Wheeler 15.
