Gideon Yago

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gideon Yago
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Feb 19, 1978(1978-02-19)
Age	46
Birthplace	Madison
Country	United States
Birth City	Wisconsin
Horoscope	Aquarius

Gideon Yago Biography

Gideon Yago is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on February 19, 1978 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Gideon Yago (born February 19 1978) is a journalist and former reporter to MTV News and CBS News although he is best known for his work with MTV.

At the close of his time in MTV, Yago devoted most of his time discussing issues related to and the Iraq War and its effect on the young veterans. In 2004, he informed Charlie Rose he thought the conflict was the biggest problem for young people across America. In 2006, his MTV Special “Iraq Uploaded” accidentally helped alter Pentagon policy that barred wartime access to social media sites since MTV is the sole social network or filesharing site that is not which was mentioned in the subsequent ban. Yago also spoke about Iraq Uploaded with Stephen Colbert in August 2005.

Yago co-wrote the third episode of The Newsroom with Aaron Sorkin, entitled “The 112th Congress.”

In the course of his career Yago has conducted interviews with a number of musicians, politicians and other stars, such as former President George W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, former Senator John Kerry, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Vice President Al Gore, and Senator John McCain, as well as other notable people like ex-Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III and Bill Gates. Yago’s writings have appeared on the pages of Spin, Rolling Stone, and VICE magazines. A number of his articles have served as the basis of documentary content. For instance his 2003 piece “No War For Heavy Metal” was the basis of Vice Film’s documentary “Heavy Metal in Baghdad”. In addition, the piece Yago wrote for the PRI’s “This American Life” about the teenaged propaganda campaigner in support of Saddam Hussein became the basis for the “Talk To An Iraqi” segment in”The Second Season” of “This American Life” on Showtime. Yago is now primarily screenwriter. In 2006, Focus Features acquired his script “Underdog” about veterans returning home after the combat. The script has no time for production or release. Recently, Yago has completed a short series in collaboration with IFC. It’s called the IFC Media Project is “a user’s guide to how the news gets made” promises to expose the strategies employed by the media giants in order to “sell” the news. Yago will be hosting for the second season of The IFC Media Project, debuting in May of 2009.

Gideon Yago Net Worth

Gideon Yago is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gideon Yago 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yago is a native of Madison, Wisconsin to a German mother and an American father who was born in Israel. He was raised in Queens, New York where the writer and editor of an e-zine called Corpuscle. The zine was published after he graduated Columbia University and began working for MTV News during the presidential election in 2000. At 21 years old, at the conclusion of his final year at Columbia He was offered an employment offer at full-time at MTV.

At first, Yago worked primarily as an editor in The MTV News department. Between 2002 and 2003, Yago wrote and produced the MTV News magazine “The Wrap” on MTV2. In the years that followed, as his time at MTV advanced, Yago switched gears and focused on politics, instead of music, for MTV News. Yago has been involved in award-winning documentaries about sexual health and the 9/11 attacks and the fighting in Afghanistan and the war on terror in the elections of 2000 and 2004 and the conflict in Iraq. The awards include The 2003 Peabody Award Winner for his program on the MTV’s “Fight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself” sexual health campaign and a 2004 Emmy for MTV’s Choose or Lose Programming, the 2006 Emmy nomination for web-based coverage of the earthquake that struck Kashmir. In 2005, Yago was a reporter covering what happened following Katrina’s devastating Hurricane Katrina during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the devastating Kashmir earthquake that struck Pakistan as well as India.

After years as a full-time member of MTV News, Yago left the network in January 2007 writing:

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Gideon Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Gideon Yago celebrates birthday on February 19 of every year.