Paula Reid

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Paula Reid
Born (1982-08-19) August 19, 1982 (age 41)
Akron, Ohio, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Education College of William & Mary (BA)
Villanova University (JD)
University of Pennsylvania (MBE)
OccupationJournalist
Years active2010 to present
SpouseJason Kolsevich [1]
Children1

Paula Reid (born August 19, 1982) is an American journalist and attorney who is the CNN chief legal affairs correspondent. She joined CNN in March 2021 after working at CBS News. She is based in Washington, D.C. [2]

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As CBS News White House Correspondent she appeared regularly on CBS Evening News, Face the Nation, and CBS This Morning. She was also a fill-in anchor on CBSN.

Reid covered the Special Counsel investigation of Robert Mueller and the 2016 Hillary Clinton email controversy. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Reid became known for pressing President Trump on his response to the crisis.

Early life and education

Reid was born in Akron, Ohio. In 2005, Reid earned her bachelor's degree with a dual degree in psychology and English from the College of William & Mary. [3] In 2008, Reid graduated from Villanova University School of Law with a Juris Doctor. [4] Reid passed the bar exams in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. [5] In 2016, Reid also completed a Masters in Bioethics (MBE) from the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. [5]

Career

CBS News

In January 2010, Reid moved to New York City and was hired as an intern at CBS News in their Investigative Unit. Later that year in June 2010, she became a production secretary for CBS Evening News , a position she held for a year. [5] From 2011 to 2014, Reid worked as a digital journalist based out of New York.

In 2014, Reid moved to Washington, D.C. to cover the Justice Department as a reporter for CBS News. Reid covered the 2016 Hillary Clinton email controversy. She was one of the few reporters on the ground in Charlottesville, Virginia during the Unite the Right rally, which resulted in a state of emergency being declared by Governor Terry McAuliffe. [6]

Reid led the CBS News coverage of the Special Counsel investigation of Robert Mueller. [7] She also began filling in as a reporter at the White House in 2017. During one of the White House press briefings, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated that Donald Trump could fire Mueller if he wanted to. Reid pointed out that this was not legally permitted, "You said the president believes he has the power to fire Robert Mueller. Because usually most legal experts believe that he would have to order Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to fire Mueller, and Rosenstein could, of course, refuse." [8]

In 2018, Reid pressed Trump on his border policies. This involved pointing out that, contrary to what Trump claimed, the Trump administration family separation policy was different from that of previous administrations as the Trump policy prosecuted all individuals who arrived at the border. [9]

CBS White House Correspondent

In April 2019, after two years of covering the beat, Reid was officially named the CBS News White House Correspondent. [10] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Reid attended the daily Trump press briefings. In April 2020 she asked why the Trump Administration had been so slow to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, Reid asked what meaningful preparation Trump had done during the month after bringing in his China travel ban. [11] [12] "But what did you do with that time? You didn’t use it to prepare hospitals, you didn’t use it to ramp up testing. Right now, nearly 20 million are unemployed, tens of thousands of Americans are dead.” [13]

In May 2020, President Trump complained about Reid's tough questioning to the New York Post, saying Reid was "Nothing like Donna Reed, I can tell you that." [14]

Reid has worked on news broadcasts CBS Evening News , CBS This Morning and Face the Nation . [5]

In January 2021, CBS announced that Reid would move from the White House to the network's Washington office as part of a reshuffling of its correspondents lineup in both the White House and Congress. [15]

CNN

In March 2021, Reid announced that she would be leaving CBS to join CNN as a senior legal affairs correspondent. She was promoted to chief legal affairs correspondent on October 16, 2023. [16] [17]

Personal life

Reid is married to Jason Kolsevich. The couple have a daughter who was born in 2022. [18]

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  3. ↑ MaHan, Sydney (6 April 2016). "Conference to explore how citizen scholars can engage with media". College of William & Mary.
  4. ↑ "Alumni Spotlight Archive: Paula Reid '08 Justice Department Reporter, CBS News". Villanova University . Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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  6. ↑ Erickson, Bo; Carissimo, Justin; Watson, Kathryn; Reid, Paula; Becket, Stefan (12 August 2017). "3 arrested in connection to violence at Charlottesville white nationalist rally, police say". CBS News .
  7. ↑ Grynbaum, Michael M. (24 July 2019). "Robert Mueller, Caught in the TV Spotlight". The New York Times .
  8. ↑ Montarano, Domenico; Greene, David; Reid, Paula; Sanders, Sarah Huckabee (11 April 2018). "It Appears The White House Has Put Special Counsel Mueller On Notice". Morning Edition. NPR.
  9. ↑ Burke, Michael (26 November 2018). "Reporter challenges Trump after he says Obama had same family separation policy". The Hill .
  10. ↑ "Paula Reid". CBS News . 7 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "Reporter grills Trump on pandemic response". BBC News . 14 April 2020.
  12. ↑ Sopel, Jon (14 April 2020). "Rollercoaster ride as Trump berates media". BBC News .
  13. ↑ Noor, Poppy (14 April 2020). "Has Trump finally met his match? The female reporters setting him straight". The Guardian .
  14. ↑ Nelson, Steven; Bowden, Ebony (2020-05-05). "Trump: Coronavirus briefings will return, blasts 'angry' CBS News reporter". New York Post . Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  15. ↑ Weprin, Alex (January 15, 2021). "CBS News Shuffles Washington Correspondents". The Hollywood Reporter .
  16. ↑ "CNN Profiles - Paula Reid - Senior Legal Affairs Correspondent". CNN . Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  17. ↑ Choi, Joseph (2021-03-29). "Paula Reid to join CNN as senior legal affairs correspondent". The Hill . Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  18. ↑ Slater, Georgia (June 29, 2022). "CNN's Paula Reid Welcomes First Baby, Daughter Jordan — See the Sweet Photos!". People . Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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