Liz Landers Facts: Bio, Age, Height, Weight, Family, and Net Worth

Liz Landers is a journalist best known for playing White House correspondent in Pbs Newshour.

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Best Known For:The television program PBS NewsHour

Breakthrough:Covered the 2016 presidential election and national politics for CNN

10 Quick Facts About Liz Landers

Full Name: Liz Landers
Profession: Journalist and correspondent
Known For: The television program PBS NewsHour
Current Role: White house correspondent
Popular As: Elizabeth Landers
Gender: Female
Specialization: Correspondent, Journalist, and Reporter
Beats: Politics / Government
Media Level: National
Employer Type: TV Network

Liz Landers Age

Liz Landers's exact age is not publicly confirmed.

Education

She attended Tufts University, where she earned a Bachelor's degree.

Tufts University
- Qualification: Bachelor's degree

Career & Work

Liz Landers' career includes news and reporting roles with PBS NewsHour and Scripps News, a news outlet.

Organization: PBS NewsHour

Role: White House correspondent

Period: September 2025–Present

Organization: Scripps News

Role: National security correspondent

Period: April 2024–2025

Details: Covered national security, disinformation, artificial intelligence and the impact of manipulated information on politics and public life.

Organization: ABC News

Role: On-air reporter

Period: 2023–2024

Details: Reported for television and radio news programming.

Organization: Vice News

Role: Chief political correspondent

Period: Before 2023

Details: Covered politics for four years, reporting inside and outside Washington and conducting exclusive interviews with senior political and government figures.

Organization: CNN

Role: Political reporter and producer

Period: Includes 2016

Details: Covered the 2016 presidential campaign, Capitol Hill and the White House as a reporter and producer.

Rise to Fame

Liz Landers rose to prominence for her role on the television show PBS NewsHour.

Notable Works

Notable media work includes PBS NewsHour, Scripps News National Security Coverage, and Vice News Political Reporting.

TV Show: PBS NewsHour (White House correspondent, From September 2025) — National public-television news reporting on the White House and the Trump administration
TV Show: Scripps News National Security Coverage (National security correspondent, 2024-2025) — Broadcast reporting on security policy, information manipulation and emerging technology
TV Show: Vice News Political Reporting (Chief political correspondent) — Political interviews and reporting on the U.S. government and national campaigns

Notable Coverage

Trump administration and White House reporting – PBS NewsHour – 2026 – Reports from the White House on administration decisions, domestic policy, national security, executive actions and political developments
Disinformation and artificial intelligence – Scripps News – 2024 – Covered the use of artificial intelligence, deepfakes and disinformation and their effects on public policy, elections and national security
Vice News political interviews – Vice News – Conducted interviews with prominent political figures including Kamala Harris, Antony Blinken and Steve Bannon
2016 United States presidential campaign – CNN – 2016 – Covered presidential campaigning, the White House and congressional politics
Fifth anniversary of the January 6 Capitol attack – PBS NewsHour – 2026 – Reported on participants returning to the U.S. Capitol five years after the January 6, 2021 attack
White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting – PBS NewsHour – 2026 – Reported firsthand on the disruption and response at the April 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner

Awards & Achievements

Emmy Award — National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — Political reporting during her work at Vice News
Webby Award — International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences — Political journalism produced during her work at Vice News

Lesser Known Facts

Is originally from Tallahassee, Florida.
Her Scripps News reporting examined artificial intelligence, deepfake media and disinformation alongside conventional national-security issues.
Worked as a producer as well as a reporter while covering national politics for CNN.
Conducted exclusive political interviews with Kamala Harris, Antony Blinken and Steve Bannon while at Vice News.
Was a fellow in the International Strategy Forum at Schmidt Futures in 2023.
Joined PBS NewsHour in September 2025 after reporting for CNN, Vice News, ABC News and Scripps News.