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Elle Reeve

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Elle Reeve
Reeve in 2022
Born1981 or 1982 (age 41–42)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Other namesElspeth Reeve[2]
EducationUniversity of Missouri(BA)
OccupationJournalist
Years active2005–present
Known forReporting forCNNand HBO'sVice News Tonight
Notable workCharlottesville: Race and Terror

Elspeth"Elle"Reeve[a](born 1981 or 1982[1]) is an American journalist. Before joiningCNNas a correspondent in 2019, she reported on the 2017 white-nationalistUnite the Right rallyin Charlottesville, Virginia for HBO'sVice News Tonight.Reeve andVice News Tonightwon aPeabody Award,fourEmmy Awards,and aGeorge Polk Awardfor their reporting.

Education and career

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Reeve attended theMissouri School of Journalism,earning aBachelor of Journalismdegree in 2005. After graduating, she interned atTimemagazine and worked for theCenter for Public Integrityin Washington, D.C.[4]

In the 2000s, Reeve was a political editor at UK music magazineThe Wire.Later that decade she joinedThe New Republic.She has also written articles forThe AtlanticandThe Daily Beast.[5]While working forThe New Republic,Reeve was assigned to fact-check allegations by her then-husbandScott Thomas Beauchampof widespread American war crimes against Iraqi civilians after their publication was criticized by conservative bloggers; the allegations were later retracted.[1][6]

Reeve covered the August 2017Unite the Right rallyin Charlottesville, Virginia forVice News Tonight,[7]during which she interviewed neo-NaziChristopher Cantwelland other white supremacist demonstrators, capturing soon-to-be-viral footage of attendees carryingtiki torcheswhile chanting "Jews will not replace us!".[5]Her report, entitledCharlottesville: Race and Terror,earned both her andVice News TonightaPeabody Award,[8][9]fourEmmy Awards,[8][10]and aGeorge Polk Award.[8][11][12]

In 2018,Fast Companyincluded Reeve on their 2018 list of the "most creative people in business".[13]She was nominated for aShorty Awardfor journalism the same year.[14]Reeve joinedCNNas a correspondent in 2019.[8]

Personal life

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Reeve married United States Army PrivateScott Thomas Beauchampin 2007;[1]they later divorced.[citation needed]On New Year's Eve in 2018, Reeve married Jeremy Greenfield.[15]As of September 2021,Reeve resides in New York City.[16]

Selected publications

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  • 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.ISBN978-1-9821-9888-6.

Notes

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  1. ^"Elle" is pronounced/ˈɛl/[3]

References

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  1. ^abcdNeyfakh, Leon (December 12, 2012)."Foer's Foggy New Republic Retraction Doesn't Please Everyone".The New York Observer.Archived fromthe originalon January 4, 2012.
  2. ^"Elspeth Reeve".The Daily Beast.2010.Archivedfrom the original on February 6, 2012.RetrievedAugust 29,2024.
  3. ^Cooper, Anderson (July 22, 2021)."Vaccine Hesitancy".Anderson Cooper 360°(video). CNN. Event occurs at 0:25.RetrievedAugust 29,2024– via X.com.
  4. ^Dennis, Rachel (February 6, 2006)."Two Journalism Students Win Hearst Writing Awards"(Press release).Archivedfrom the original on August 14, 2018.RetrievedAugust 29,2024.
  5. ^ab"Live@Lippman — Elle Reeve"(PDF).Nieman Reports(eMagazine).Nieman Foundation for Journalism.Fall 2017. pp. 4–5.Archived(PDF)from the original on September 10, 2021.RetrievedSeptember 10,2021.
  6. ^Neyfakh, Leon (December 11, 2007)."Elspeth Reeve on Fact-Checking Her Husband's 'Baghdad Diarist' Stories at The New Republic".The New York Observer.Archivedfrom the original on November 2, 2012.RetrievedJuly 14,2019.
  7. ^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.Archivedfrom the original on August 13, 2018.RetrievedAugust 12,2018.
  8. ^abcdKatz, A.J. (September 11, 2019)."CNN Signs Award-Winning Vice News Correspondent Elle Reeve".TVNewser.Adweek.Archivedfrom the original on February 22, 2023.RetrievedAugust 29,2024.
  9. ^"Charlottesville: Race and Terror (HBO)".The Peabody Awards.Archivedfrom the original on May 8, 2018.RetrievedAugust 13,2018.
  10. ^Boedeker, Hal (October 2, 2018)."'60 Minutes,' HBO's Charlottesville coverage top Emmys ".Orlando Sentinel.Archivedfrom the original on September 25, 2020.RetrievedAugust 29,2024.
  11. ^McCray, Melvin (April 7, 2018)."Elle Reeve presented Polk Award for National Television Reporting"(video).Archivedfrom the original on September 10, 2021.RetrievedSeptember 10,2021– viaVimeo.[user-generated source?]
  12. ^"The George Polk Awards: Getting Sources to Talk".Brooklyn, New York: Center for Communication. n.d. Archived fromthe originalon September 10, 2021.
  13. ^"Most Creative People 2018 | Elle Reeve".Fast Company.n.d. Archived fromthe originalon August 13, 2018.
  14. ^"Elle Reeve".The Shorty Awards.Archivedfrom the original on August 13, 2018.RetrievedAugust 12,2018.
  15. ^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).Archivedfrom the original on June 16, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 7,2019– viaTwitter.
  16. ^"Elle Reeve: Correspondent".CNN.Archivedfrom the original on September 10, 2021.RetrievedSeptember 10,2021.

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