Elle Reeve

American journalist (born c. 1982)

Elle Reeve
Reeve in 2022
Born	1981 or 1982 (age 41–42)^[1]
Nationality	American
Other names	Elspeth Reeve^[2]
Education	University of Missouri (BA)
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	2005–present
Known for	Reporting for CNN and HBO's Vice News Tonight
Notable work	Charlottesville: Race and Terror

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

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]

In the 2000s, Reeve was a political editor at UK music magazine The Wire. Later that decade she joined The New Republic. She has also written articles for The Atlantic and The Daily Beast.^[5] 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 after their publication was criticized by conservative bloggers; the allegations were later retracted.^[1]^[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!".^[5] Her report, entitled Charlottesville: Race and Terror, earned both her and Vice News Tonight a Peabody Award,^[8]^[9] four Emmy Awards,^[8]^[10] and a George Polk Award.^[8]^[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.^[8]

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.^[15] As of September 2021^[update], Reeve resides in New York City.^[16]

Selected publications

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.

Notes

^ "Elle" is pronounced /ˈɛliː/^[3]

References

^ ^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.
^ Cooper, Anderson (July 22, 2021). "Vaccine Hesitancy". Anderson Cooper 360° (video). CNN. Event occurs at 0:25. Retrieved August 29, 2024 – via X.com.
^ Dennis, Rachel (February 6, 2006). "Two Journalism Students Win Hearst Writing Awards" (Press release). Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "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. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
^ 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 September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.