Elle Reeve Explained

Elle Reeve
Education:University of Missouri (BA)
Nationality:American
Other Names:Elspeth Reeve[1]
Occupation:Journalist
Years Active:2005–present
Known For:Reporting for CNN and HBO's Vice News Tonight
Notable Works:Charlottesville: Race and Terror

Elspeth "Elle" Reeve (born 1981 or 1982) 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

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.[2]

Before joining Vice News, Reeve was a senior editor at The New Republic and politics editor at The Wire.[3] She has also written articles for The Atlantic and The Daily Beast.[4] 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.[5] [6]

Reeve covered the August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia for Vice News Tonight,[7] 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!". Her report, entitled Charlottesville: Race and Terror, earned both her and Vice News Tonight a Peabody Award,[8] [9] four Emmy Awards,[10] and a George Polk Award.[11] [12]

In 2018, Fast Company included Reeve on their 2018 list of the "most creative people in business".[13] She was nominated for a Shorty Award for journalism the same year.[14] Reeve joined CNN as a correspondent in 2019.

Personal life

Reeve married United States Army Private Scott Thomas Beauchamp in 2007;[5] they later divorced. On New Year's Eve in 2018, Reeve married Jeremy Greenfield.[15], Reeve resides in New York City.[16] She gave birth to her first child in February 2024.[17]

Selected publications

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 . Elspeth Reeve . https://web.archive.org/web/20120206023401/http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/elspeth-reeve.html . 2012-02-06 . 29 August 2024 . The Daily Beast . live.
  2. Dennis . Rachel . February 6, 2006 . Two Journalism Students Win Hearst Writing Awards . Missouri School of Journalism; University of Missouri . 29 Aug 2024 . August 14, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180814040328/https://journalism.missouri.edu/2006/02/two-journalism-students-win-hearst-writing-awards-2/ . live.
  3. Web site: . Vice News correspondent Elle Reeve and 'Charlottesville: Race and Terror' . Nieman Reports . Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard . 4 September 2024 . 24 October 2017 . interview.
  4. 24 October 2017 . 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' . 4–5 . Fall 2017 issue . Nieman Reports . Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard . 0028-9817 . 4 Sep 2024 . 27 Jul 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200727055309/https://nieman.harvard.edu/articles/elle-reeve-now-that-the-whole-world-knows-that-these-guys-exist-you-cant-just-do-the-straight-on-coverage-of-their-events-you-cant-ignore-it-either/ . live.
  5. News: Neyfakh . Leon . December 12, 2012 . Foer's Foggy New Republic Retraction Doesn't Please Everyone . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120104092808/https://observer.com/2007/foer-s-foggy-new-republic-retraction-doesn-t-please-everyone . 4 Jan 2012 . The New York Observer.
  6. News: Neyfakh . Leon . December 11, 2007 . Elspeth Reeve on Fact-Checking Her Husband's 'Baghdad Diarist' Stories at The New Republic . July 14, 2019 . The New York Observer . en . 2 Nov 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102183444/https://observer.com/2007/12/elspeth-reeve-on-factchecking-her-husbands-baghdad-diarist-stories-at-ithe-new-republici/ . live.
  7. News: Haltiwanger . John . 'They look like people you know': Reporter behind viral documentary on neo-Nazis in Charlottesville says they recognize her everywhere — including airport security . August 12, 2018 . Business Insider . 8 August 2018 . BusinessInsider . August 13, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180813044226/https://www.businessinsider.com/charlottesville-documentary-vice-reporter-nazis-recognize-her-2018-8 . live.
  8. Web site: Katz . A.J. . 2019-09-11 . CNN Signs Award-Winning Vice News Correspondent Elle Reeve . live . 29 August 2024 . TVNewser . Adweek . subscription . February 22, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230222164829/https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/cnn-signs-award-winning-vice-news-correspondent-elle-reeve/414207/.
  9. Web site: Charlottesville: Race and Terror (HBO) . The Peabody Awards . August 13, 2018 . Peabody . May 8, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054919/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/charlottesville-race-terror . live.
  10. Web site: Boedeker . Hal . 2018-10-02 . '60 Minutes,' HBO's Charlottesville coverage top Emmys . live . 29 August 2024 . Orlando Sentinel . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925235247/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv-guy/os-et-60-minutes-hbo-charlottesville-news-emmys-20181002-story.html . September 25, 2020 . subscription.
  11. Web site: McCray . Melvin . Elle Reeve presented Polk Award for National Television Reporting . 2018-04-07 . video . . 2021-09-10 . September 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210910090957/https://vimeo.com/263662568 . live.
  12. Web site: The George Polk Awards: Getting Sources to Talk . Center for Communication . Brooklyn, New York . n.d. . https://web.archive.org/web/20210910090959/https://www.centerforcommunication.org/calendar/2018/3/7/2jf5rkxdq51vyuryiarm9oh2q7er2y . September 10, 2021.
  13. News: Most Creative People 2018 Elle Reeve . Fast Company . n.d. . August 13, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180813044049/https://www.fastcompany.com/person/elle-reeve . dead.
  14. Web site: Elle Reeve . The Shorty Awards . August 12, 2018 . Shortys . August 13, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180813043746/http://shortyawards.com/10th/elspethreeve . live.
  15. elspethreeve . 1082081894899044352 . Got married on New Year's Eve. Pic by @mrglu lights, sound, music, flowers, planning by all our friends . Elle . Reeve . January 6, 2019 . January 7, 2019 . June 16, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190616033942/https://twitter.com/elspethreeve/status/1082081894899044352 . live.
  16. Web site: Elle Reeve: Correspondent . 4 Sep 2024 . CNN . 18 Aug 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240818200408/https://www.cnn.com/profiles/elle-reeve-profile . live.
  17. Web site: x.com.
  18. News: Rothfeld . Becca . 2024-07-10 . Books 'Black Pill' is a disturbing look at how 'meme magic' captured the GOP . 2024-09-04 . The Washington Post . en-US . 0190-8286 . limited.
  19. Web site: Halpern . Sue . 2024-07-30 . If You Want To Understand Why Democracy Is Under Attack, Read This Book . 2024-09-04 . The New York Times . limited.

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