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Leland Vittert

Leland Vittert currently serves as a foreign correspondent for Fox News Channel, based in the Jerusalem Bureau.

Vittert has been covering the massive unrest and violent protests in Egypt, first from Jerusalem and now from Cairo, Egypt.

Prior to joining FNC, Vittert worked at the Fox affiliate KDVR (FOX) in Denver, Colorado, where he anchored the weekend news. Before KDVR (FOX), he reported on hurricanes, the space shuttle, and wildfires for WFTV (CNN) in Orlando, Florida. Vittert has also worked at other news stations, including KATV (ABC) in Little Rock, Arkansas, KNWA (NBC) in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and WMTV (NBC) in Madison Wisconsin.

Vittert, who received an Emmy nomination, began his reporting career as an intern at KTVI (FOX) in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University and spent a year abroad at the London School of Economics.