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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 | |
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.jpg) Reeve in 2022 | |
| Born | 1981 or 1982 (age 42–43)[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 |
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]
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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]
- 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]
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