Elle Reeve

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Elle Reeve
Elle Reeve, 2022 (headshot).jpg
Reeve in 2022
Born1981or1982(age 42–43) [1]
NationalityAmerican
Other namesElspeth Reeve [2]
Education University of Missouri (BA)
Occupation Journalist
Years active2005–present
Known forReporting for CNN and HBO's Vice News Tonight
Notable workCharlottesville: Race and Terror

Elspeth "Elle" Reeve [a] (born 1981 or 1982 [1] ) is an American journalist. Before joining CNN as a correspondent in 2019, she reported on the 2017 white-nationalist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia for HBO's Vice News Tonight . Reeve and Vice News Tonight won a Peabody Award, four Emmy Awards, and a George Polk Award for their reporting.

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Education and career

Reeve attended the Missouri School of Journalism, earning a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 2005. After graduating, she interned at Time magazine and worked for the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C. [4]

Before joining Vice News , Reeve was a senior editor at The New Republic and politics editor at The Wire . [5] She has also written articles for The Atlantic and The Daily Beast . [6] While working for The New Republic, Reeve was assigned to fact-check allegations by her then-husband Scott Thomas Beauchamp of widespread American war crimes against Iraqi civilians. The allegations were later retracted after facing criticism by conservative bloggers. [1] [7]

Reeve covered the August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia for Vice News Tonight, [8] during which she interviewed neo-Nazi Christopher Cantwell and other white supremacist demonstrators, capturing soon-to-be-viral footage of attendees carrying tiki torches while chanting "Jews will not replace us!". [6] Her report, entitled Charlottesville: Race and Terror, earned both her and Vice News Tonight a Peabody Award, [9] [10] four Emmy Awards, [9] [11] and a George Polk Award. [9] [12] [13]

In 2018, Fast Company included Reeve on their 2018 list of the "most creative people in business". [14] She was nominated for a Shorty Award for journalism the same year. [15] Reeve joined CNN as a correspondent in 2019. [9]

Personal life

Reeve married United States Army Private Scott Thomas Beauchamp in 2007; [1] they later divorced.[ citation needed ] On New Year's Eve in 2018, Reeve married Jeremy Greenfield. [16] As of 2024, Reeve resides in New York City. [17] She gave birth to her first child in February 2024. [18]

Selected publications

Notes

  1. ↑ "Elle" is pronounced /ˈɛliː/ [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Neyfakh, Leon (December 12, 2012). "Foer's Foggy New Republic Retraction Doesn't Please Everyone". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Elspeth Reeve". The Daily Beast. 2010. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Vice News' Elle Reeve: Charlottesville marchers knew what they were doing (Full CNN interview)" (video clip). CNN. August 16, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2024– via YouTube.
  4. ↑ Dennis, Rachel (February 6, 2006). "Two Journalism Students Win Hearst Writing Awards" (Press release). Missouri School of Journalism; University of Missouri. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Vice News correspondent Elle Reeve and 'Charlottesville: Race and Terror'". Nieman Reports (interview). Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. October 24, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Live@ Lippmann | Elle Reeve: 'Now that the whole world knows that these guys exist, you can't just do the straight-on coverage of their events. You can't ignore it either'". Nieman Reports (Fall 2017 issue). Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. October 24, 2017. pp. 4–5. ISSN   0028-9817. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ Neyfakh, Leon (December 11, 2007). "Elspeth Reeve on Fact-Checking Her Husband's 'Baghdad Diarist' Stories at The New Republic". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ Haltiwanger, John (August 8, 2018). "'They look like people you know': Reporter behind viral documentary on neo-Nazis in Charlottesville says they recognize her everywhere — including airport security". Business Insider. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Katz, A.J. (September 11, 2019). "CNN Signs Award-Winning Vice News Correspondent Elle Reeve" . TVNewser. Adweek. Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Charlottesville: Race and Terror (HBO)". The Peabody Awards. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  11. ↑ Boedeker, Hal (October 2, 2018). "'60 Minutes,' HBO's Charlottesville coverage top Emmys" . Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  12. ↑ McCray, Melvin (April 7, 2018). "Elle Reeve presented Polk Award for National Television Reporting" (video). Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021– via Vimeo.[ user-generated source? ]
  13. ↑ "The George Polk Awards: Getting Sources to Talk". Brooklyn, New York: Center for Communication. n.d. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Most Creative People 2018 | Elle Reeve". Fast Company. n.d. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Elle Reeve". The Shorty Awards. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  16. ↑ Reeve, Elle [@elspethreeve] (January 6, 2019). "Got married on New Year's Eve. Pic by @mrglu lights, sound, music, flowers, planning by all our friends" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 16, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019– via Twitter.
  17. ↑ "Elle Reeve: Correspondent". CNN. Archived from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  18. ↑ "x.com".
  19. ↑ Rothfeld, Becca (July 10, 2024). "Books | 'Black Pill' is a disturbing look at how 'meme magic' captured the GOP" . The Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  20. ↑ Halpern, Sue (July 30, 2024). "If You Want To Understand Why Democracy Is Under Attack, Read This Book" . The New York Times. Retrieved September 4, 2024.

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