American journalist (born c. 1982)
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.
Education and career [ edit ]
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]
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[update] , Reeve resides in New York City.[ 17] She gave birth to her first child in February 2024.[ 18]
Selected publications [ edit ]
Reeve, Elle (2024). Black Pill: How I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics . New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-9821-9888-6 . [ 19] [ 20]
^ "Elle" is pronounced [ 3]
^ a b c d 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.
^ "Elspeth Reeve" . The Daily Beast . 2010. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2024 .
^ "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.
^ 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 .
^ "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 .
^ a b "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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ a b c d 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 .
^ "Charlottesville: Race and Terror (HBO)" . The Peabody Awards . Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018 .
^ 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 .
^ 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? ]
^ "The George Polk Awards: Getting Sources to Talk" . Brooklyn, New York: Center for Communication. n.d. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021.
^ "Most Creative People 2018 | Elle Reeve" . Fast Company . n.d. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018.
^ "Elle Reeve" . The Shorty Awards. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018 .
^ 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 .
^ "Elle Reeve: Correspondent" . CNN. Archived from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024 .
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^ 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 .
^ 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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