Gideon Yago

Gideon Yago (born February 19, 1978) is a writer and former correspondent for MTV News and CBS News though he is most recognized for his contributions to MTV.

Yago was born in Madison, Wisconsin to a German mother and an American father who met in Israel. He grew up in Queens, New York where he wrote and published a zine called Corpuscle. He graduated from Columbia University and began working for MTV News during the presidential election of 2000. At the age of 21, during the end of his senior year at Columbia, he had a full-time position at MTV.

Initially, Yago worked primarily as a writer for the MTV News department. From 2002-2003, Yago wrote and produced the MTV News magazine "The Wrap" on MTV2. As his time at MTV progressed, Yago switched gears and began focusing on politics, rather than music, on MTV News. Yago has worked on award-winning documentaries on sexual health, the 9/11 attacks, fighting in Afghanistan, hate crimes, the 2000 and 2004 elections, and the war in Iraq. These awards include: 2003 Peabody Award Winner for his programming on MTV’s “Fight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself” sexual health campaign, a 2004 Emmy for MTV’s Choose or Lose Programming, 2006 Emmy nomination for web coverage of the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir. In 2005 Yago covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the devastating Kashmir earthquake in Pakistan and India.

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