Leland Vittert Biography
Leland Vittert is an anchor and national correspondent for NewsNation in the United States. From 2010 until 2021, he worked for Fox News as a foreign journalist based in Jerusalem and afterward as a news presenter. He appeared on Fox & Friends, America’s Newsroom, and Happening Now as a substitute host.
How old is Leland Vittert? – Age
He is 41 years old as of 31 August 2023. He was born in 1982 in Illinois, United States. His real name is Leland Holt Vittert.
Who is Leland Vittert’s Father? – Family – Education
Liberty Vittert, his sister, is a television chef and a Harvard University professor of data science. Vittert received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where he was a member of Theta Chi. He also finished The General Course at the London School of Economics, a one-year study abroad program.
Is Leland on Fox Married? – Wife
He is not married. He is single and has not been publicly seen with any woman on a date.
Leland Vittert Eye
Vittert photographed a freelance photographer who was shot in the eye while covering events in Minneapolis on Saturday. Vittert is one of several journalists who have been assaulted, detained or otherwise mistreated while reporting the countrywide rallies.
Leland Vittert Career
Vittert worked as a reporter for WFTV-TV in Orlando, Florida, and anchored the weekend news at KDVR-TV in Denver, Colorado, in the 2000s. He has also worked at KATV-TV in Little Rock, AR, KNWA-TV in Fayetteville, AR, and WMTV-TV in Madison, WI. Vittert was nominated for an Emmy Award as a young reporter for clearing a police officer wrongfully accused of rape.
Mediaite and The Daily Caller both applauded Vittert’s coverage of the Freddie Gray riots in Baltimore. Vittert “made his mark…by standing among protesters, confronting a silent line of riot police, while interviewing neighbors and activists affected in many ways by the tale,” according to Mediaite. He [broke] news about the mayor of Baltimore’s purported police stand-down orders, and [had] tense question-and-answer sessions with lawmakers and public leaders all across the city.
Vittert began following the Arab Spring after arriving in the Middle East in 2010. He was one of the few reporters present at Cairo’s Tahrir Square on the night Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down in 2011. Vittert then proceeded to Libya in the early days of the revolution, reporting on Muammar Gadaffi’s counter-offensive and later from the besieged city of Misurata.
Vittert covered the 2012 battle between Israel and Hamas, known as Operation Pillar of Cloud. Muhammad al-Zawahiri, the brother of Al-Qaeda commander Ayman al-Zawahiri, was questioned by him. Vittert spent a month in Eastern Ukraine before moving to Washington, D.C. in 2014, as Russian-backed militias grabbed control of portions of the country. Vittert and his team were attacked by demonstrators outside the White House in Washington, D.C., while reporting the George Floyd protests. They were eventually chased away. Vittert said he and his team were beaten after a demonstrator recognized they worked for Fox News in an interview on Cavuto Live the next day.
Vittert’s final Fox News appearance was in January 2021, and he left the network in April 2021. “We have mutually and amicably parted ways with Leland Vittert,” a Fox News representative said, making it unclear whether he quit or was fired. Nexstar announced on May 5, 2021, that Vittert will join NewsNation as a national correspondent and anchor on May 17, 2021. He made his first appearance for NewsNation on The Donlon Report and NewsNation Prime on May 17, 2021. Vittert will host a primetime show called On Balance with Leland Vittert on NewsNation beginning July 19, 2021, according to Nexstar.
How Much Does Leland Vittert make?
He earns an annual salary of $1 million.
Leland Vittert Net Worth
Vittert has an estimated net worth of $5 million.