Elle Reeve
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Reeve in 2022
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| Born | Elspeth Reeve 1982 (age 41–42) |
| Nationality | American |
| 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 |
Elle Reeve (born Elspeth Reeve c. 1982;[1][2] given name pronounced /ˈɛliː/)[3] is an American journalist and correspondent for CNN. She previously worked for HBO's Vice News Tonight, where she won a Peabody Award for her coverage of the 2017 Unite the Right rallyinCharlottesville, Virginia.
Reeve earned her Bachelor of Journalism degree at the Missouri School of Journalism in 2005.[4]
In the 2000s, Reeve was a political editor at The Wire; later that decade she joined The New Republic,[5] before being let go in December 2007 by her then-editor, Franklin Foer, after her then-husband, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, reported on widespread American war crimes against Iraqi civilians.[1] She later divorced Beauchamp.[6] In Reeve's view, she was let go because Foer was simply "tired of dealing with the scandal".[1] Reeve has also written articles which have appeared in The Atlantic and The Daily Beast.[5]
Reeve covered the August 2017 Unite the Right rallyinCharlottesville, Virginia for Vice News Tonight,[7] during which she interviewed neo-Nazi Christopher Cantwell and other demonstrating white supremacists, capturing footage of them carrying tiki torches while chanting "Jews will not replace us!" which went viral.[5] Her report, entitled Charlottesville: Race and Terror, earned both her and Vice News TonightaPeabody Award,[8] four Emmy Awards,[9][10] and a George Polk Award.[11]
In 2018, Fast Company included Reeve on their 2018 list of the "most creative people in business".[12] She was also nominated in the journalist category at the tenth annual Shorty Awards.[13]
As of 2022[update], Reeve is a correspondent for CNN based in New York City.[14]
On December 31, 2018, Reeve married Jeremy Greenfield;[15] She had previously been married to Scott Thomas Beauchamp (m. 2007).[6] As of September 2021[update], Reeve resides in New York City.[14]
