Elle Reeve

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.

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

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]

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]

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.^[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

• 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]

Notes

1. "Elle" is pronounced /ˈɛliː/^[3]

References

1. 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.
2. "Elspeth Reeve". The Daily Beast. 2010. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
3. "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.
4. 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.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. "Charlottesville: Race and Terror (HBO)". The Peabody Awards. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
11. 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.
12. 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?]}
13. "The George Polk Awards: Getting Sources to Talk". Brooklyn, New York: Center for Communication. n.d. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021.
14. "Most Creative People 2018 | Elle Reeve". Fast Company. n.d. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018.
15. "Elle Reeve". The Shorty Awards. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
16. 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.
17. "Elle Reeve: Correspondent". CNN. Archived from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
18. "x.com".
19. 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.
20. 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.

Further reading

• Reeve, Elle (July 1, 2024). "'Don't F-cking Leave': How Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists Trap Their Followers in the Movement Forever". Vanity Fair. Excerpt from Black Pill (2024).
• "Watch VICE News Tonight's full episode 'Charlottesville: Race and Terror'". Vice News. August 21, 2017.

External links

• Elle Reeve on Twitter