Who is Leland Vittert?

Leland Vittert is a well-known American television personality and weekend anchor who is best recognized for his work as a Fox News Channel newscaster. He is also well-known for his regular appearances on network shows such as “America’s Newsroom,” “Fox and Friends,” and “Happening Now.”

Leland Vittert started his profession in broadcast journalism as soon as he graduated. He began his career as a member of KTVI-TV, a Fox-affiliated television station in St. Louis, Missouri, but soon moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, where he joined KATV-TV, an ABC-affiliated virtual television channel.

Leland Vittert- Birth, Parents, Siblings & Education

Leland Vittert was born on August 31, 1982, in Leland, Illinois, USA, under the sign of Virgo, and is of American nationality and white ethnicity. He is Carol and Mark Vittert’s older child, and he has a younger sister, Liberty Vittert, who is best known for her own cooking show, “Liberty’s Great American Cookbook.”

Leland spent much of his life in St. Louis, Missouri, where he finished high school before moving to the United Kingdom to study at the London School of Economics.

Net Worth of Leland Vittert? Salary, Earnings

According to credible sources, Vittert’s net worth is predicted to be approximately $1 million, with an annual income of $100,000.

Leland Vittert- Relationship, Married Life, Boyfriend/ Girlfriend

Leland’s relationship status is unknown.

Body Measurement- Height, Weight, Hair Colour

This 37-year-old American newscaster, anchor, and journalist is 5ft 10ins (1.77m) tall and has a thin and toned frame, as well as black hair and dark brown eyes.

Leland Vittert- Professional Career

Leland started his profession in broadcast journalism as soon as he graduated. He began his career as a member of KTVI-TV, a Fox-affiliated television station in St. Louis, Missouri, but soon moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, where he joined KATV-TV, an ABC-affiliated virtual television channel.

Vittert’s next stop in his early career was Rogers, Arkansas, when he joined KNWA-TV, an NBC-affiliated virtual channel television station, which led to him joining another NBC affiliate, WMTV-TV in Madison, Wisconsin. Leland has also worked as a newscaster and reporter for FOX’s KDVR-TV in Denver, Colorado, as well as WFTV-TV in Orlando, Florida, an ABC affiliate.

Young Leland was nominated for an Emmy Award in his early journalism career for covering the tale of Florida’s Officer Bishop, who was falsely convicted of rape, and he won the Best Hair on a TV Anchor Award in 2007 for always appearing “dapper and well-spoken.”

In 2010, Leland Vittert was recruited as Fox News Channel’s Middle East Foreign Correspondent, covering the Arab Spring, a series of uprisings against harsh regimes and governments across the Islamic world.

In January 2011, he reported ‘live on the ground’ from Cairo, Egypt, reporting the Egyptian revolution of 2011 (commonly known to as the January 25 Revolution), when Hosni Mubarak resigned as Egypt’s 4th President in the past 30 years following two weeks of violent protests and riots.

Following that, Leland covered the Battle of Misrata, when Libya’s ‘Brotherly Leader,’ Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who had ruled the country since 1977, was assassinated in October 2011.

He reported from the Gaza Strip in 2012, reporting Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense (also known as Pillar of Cloud), during which he’snatched’ an interview with Muhammad al-Zawahiri, a captured Palestinian (possible) suicide bomber and brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

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Quick Facts of Leland Vittert

• Leland Vittert is a popular American television personality and a weekend anchor who is perhaps best known as a newscaster on the Fox News Channel.
• Leland joined the Fox News Channel in 2010 and was appointed as its Middle East Foreign Correspondent, covering the series of protests against oppressive regimes and governments in the Islamic world known as the Arab Spring.
• In August 2019, Leland caught the media’s attention for ‘ambushing’ US President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro.
• It is estimated by the authoritative sources that Vittert’s net worth, as of early 2020, revolves around the sum of $1 million with an annual income as high as $100,000.