| Personal Information Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Emma Vigeland |
| Mother / Mom | Not Known |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | April 18, 1994. As of 2024, she is around 30 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner | No confirmed information is available. |
| Where did Emma Vigeland go to school? | Upon graduating from Lafayette College, a private liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, she studied ‘Government & Law’ after receiving her degree in 2012. |
| Children / No. of Kids | None |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | Mixed (Scandavian origin) |
| Nationality | American |
Biography Information / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Emma Vigeland is a political correspondent and producer who worked many years at The Young Turks (TYT) Network, a politically progressive news network hosted primarily on YouTube. She was the main host of the network’s political content channel, TYT Politics/Rebel HQ.
- Vigeland announced her departure from The Young Turks through The Damage Report channel on October 28, 2020. As of now, she is co-host of The Majority Report with Sam Seder.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Emma was born on April 18, 1994, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. Her parents are proud Democrats and have both served as US attorneys and have led the Major Crimes division. They have also worked with different companies and represented them in defending them against white-collar crimes.
- Currently, she resides in New York City.
- Emma has a little sister who is three years younger than her.
Education, Internships and Early Career :
- Emma attended Kent Place School, an all-girls institution in Summit, New Jersey, from 2006 to 2012.
- Emma then went on to major in Government and Law studies at Lafayette College from 2012 to 2016. She graduated cum-laude with a Bachelor’s Degree.
- While at Lafayette College she was on the Dean’s list and on the honors list in Government & Law.
- She was also a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society.
- During her college studies, Emma interned at the Office of Legal Affairs, the legal firm Morvillo LLP, and at the Office of Senator Kirsten E. Gilibrand.
- She was also an office assistant at Mierop Design, and a sales associate at Super Scoop Restaurant.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- In 2016, Vigeland started at TYT as a politics intern, quickly becoming a permanent member of the team and a full-fledged political correspondent and producer.
- She also volunteered from 2013 to 2016 as a literacy leader for Reading is Fundamental, a non-profit organization committed to fight for the cause of children’s literacy.
- Emma is very politically involved and aware, and she makes it a question of pride to deliver thoroughly researched reports consistently. Her work at TYT is a reaction to what she calls the mainstream media’s lack of coverage of the important issues.
Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Emma wrote her Bachelor’s thesis on campaign finance reform, which she considers one of the main problems to solve in the current political climate.
- A self-declared ‘political junkie,’ Emma spent a lot of her time at TYT reporting on corruption, insights into electoral candidates, and grassroots movements across the country.
- When it comes to American football, Vigeland supports the New York Giants. She is also a fan of the New York Knicks.
- She is also a fan of ice hockey, and strongly supports the New York Rangers.
- She credits TYT’s founder Cenk Uygur’s straightforward coverage of the 2016 US Presidential elections as the determining factor that turned her into a huge fan of the network before she ever started interning there.
- Emma is entertained by celebrity gossip. She can also be found frequently watching and poring over awards shows.
- Emma also got to speak to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during the latter’s campaign to become a US representative for New York’s 14th congressional district, which she later won.
- A fan of Game of Thrones, Emma once posted on Instagram about being a resolute House Targaryen supporter.
beauty and brains, killer combo. I concur we need campaign finance reform to help stop corruption!
Excellent political commentator and journalist. Very smart Glen Ridge girl. Love her show Rebel HQ.
Emma Vigeland is the complete package!!! Smart, and beautiful!!! She’s going to make someone out there very lucky!!! not me though, I’m turning 47 in July 2020 and I’m not a creeper!!!
Probably the world’s most beautiful woman. She must drink Carlsberg.
You are correct; Lindsey Graham has no shame or integrity. What a puke. He is as shameless as Trump.
I think Hannah is beautiful can you tell me how can a person like me way on West coast get with a beautiful angelic princess you are my queen love u