Ali Vitali

Ali Vitali
Born (1990-03-22) March 22, 1990
EducationTulane University (BA)
OccupationJournalist

Ali Vitali (born March 22, 1990) is an American broadcast journalist and author.

Early life

Ali Vitali was born on March 22,[1] 1990[2] to Lou and Angela Vitali. She grew up in Briarcliff Manor, New York with a younger sister.[1]

Vitali enrolled at Tulane University, in which she was a double major in political science and communications and a minor in English. In 2012, she graduated as a magna cum laude presidential scholar with departmental honors.[2][3]

Career

In 2011, Vitali interned for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. A year later, she joined ABC News as a production and development assistant. In 2013, she left ABC News to join Sweet Lemon Media, an online lifestyle magazine, where she served as vice president and managing editor until 2014.[2]

Meanwhile, Vitali joined NBC News in 2012. Within their division, she joined MSNBC as a multimedia editor and then became a graphics producer for The Cycle.[2]

In July 2015, Vitali was selected as a political campaign embed reporter for NBC News, covering the 2016 United States presidential campaign.[4] While reporting on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential run, she told her alma mater: "I like to think of my day as a list of things I can do to best tell a story. I shoot video, write for NBCNews.com, tweet, Snapchat and report on-air — embeds wear so many hats on the road. Some days I'm doing all of those things in the span of a few hours, but it's always something new, which makes every day an adventure."[5]

During the first Trump administration, Vitali served as a White House reporter for NBC News Digital. In 2018, Vitali moved from covering the White House to monitor the 2018 midterm elections.[6][7]

For the 2020 United States presidential election, Vitali covered the Democratic presidential primary campaigns of Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and Michael Bloomberg.[6] In September 2021, Vitali was named as the Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News.[8]

In 2022, Vitali published her first book Electable: Why America Hasn't Put A Woman In The White House...Yet, which grew from her coverage of Warren, Klobuchar, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Kamala Harris's 2020 presidential campaigns.[9][10]

In December 2024, it was reported that Vitali would anchor MSNBC's early morning news program Way Too Early starting in January 2025, replacing Jonathan Lemire, who moved to co-host Morning Joe's 9 a.m. hour.[11] In August 2025, Vitali was named as the network's senior Capitol Hill correspondent.[12]

Works

  • Electable: Why America Hasn't Put A Woman In The White House...Yet, Dey Street Books, 2022. ISBN 9780063058637[13][14][15][16][17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Birthday of the Day: Ali Vitali, NBC political reporter". Politico (Interview). March 22, 2019. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ali Vitali: Biography 2021". BiographyHost. July 29, 2021. Archived from the original on December 11, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Bilich, Alicia Serrano (Winter 2023). "Impression: Ali Vitali". Tulanian. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023.
  4. ^ Coffey, Sarah (July 9, 2015). "NBC News Campaign Embeds" (Press release). NBCUniversal. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  5. ^ Schlueter, Carol J. (January 27, 2016). "Alumna Ali Vitali trails Donald Trump for NBC News". Tulane News. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  6. ^ a b "Ali Vitali". Washington Week. October 28, 2021. Archived from the original on May 17, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  7. ^ Katz, A. J. (October 11, 2018). "Here's How CBS News and NBC News Are Covering 2018 Midterm Election Night". AdWeek. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  8. ^ Katz, A. J. (September 20, 2021). "NBC Names Garrett Haake Senior Congressional Correspondent; Ali Vitali Named Capitol Hill Correspondent". Adweek. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  9. ^ Schizer, Meredith Wolf (August 17, 2022). "NBC reporter Ali Vitali says 'just winning' proves women's 'electability'". Newsweek. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  10. ^ Goldberg, Ryann (April 24, 2024). "Tulane alum Ali Vitali speaks on journalism career, 2024 election". The Tulane Hullabaloo. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  11. ^ Steinberg, Brian (December 9, 2024). "Ali Vitali Will Take Reins of MSNBC's 'Way Too Early'". Variety. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  12. ^ Joyella, Mark (August 28, 2025). "MSNBC's Ali Vitali Adds Capitol Hill Role As Network Makes Hires From CNN, Peacock". Forbes. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
  13. ^ Métraux, Julia (August 22, 2022). "Why don't we see women as "electable"?". Poynter. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  14. ^ "NBC's Ali Vitali on how the US can elect its first female president: 'More of them need to run'". Business Insider. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  15. ^ "New book 'Electable' explores why a woman still hasn't won the presidency... yet". NPR.org. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  16. ^ Haines, Errin (August 19, 2022). "What makes someone presidential — and will she ever be elected?". The 19th. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  17. ^ "Ali Vitali's "Electable" challenges voters to reconsider who they 'envision' can be president". MSNBC.com. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
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