Elle Reeve

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Elle Reeve
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Reeve in 2022
Born1981or1982(age 41–42) [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 [lower-alpha 1] (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]

Selected publications

Notes

  1. "Elle" is pronounced /ˈɛl/ [3]

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