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American journalist
Eli Stokols
Born1978 or 1979 (age 45–46)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
OccupationJournalist
SpouseElena Cecilia Schneider
Parent(s)Jeannette J. Stokols
Daniel S. Stokols

Eli Stokols (born 1978/1979) is an American journalist. He is currently a White House reporter for POLITICO.

Early life and education

Stokols was born into a Jewish family, the son of Jeannette J. Stokols and Daniel S. Stokols. He grew up in Irvine, California where his family were members of the Reconstructionist University Synagogue. He graduated from University High School in Irvine in 1997. He later graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. While there, he pitched for the Cal baseball team. He subsequently received an M.S. degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2002.

Career

He is currently a White House reporter for POLITICO. Previously a White House reporter for the Los Angeles Times , he covered the 2016 presidential campaign for The Wall Street Journal. He joined the WSJ's Washington bureau in March 2017. He previously worked as a national reporter for Politico. He joined Politico in the spring of 2016. Prior to that, he covered Colorado politics for nearly a decade at KDVR, and its sister station KWGN-TV, in Denver, Colorado. While in Denver, he hosted, #COpolitics: From the Source, a weekly interview show. In 2013 and 2014, he wrote for 5280 magazine.

Personal life

Stokols' first marriage ended in divorce. On September 15, 2018, he married Elena Cecilia Schneider in an interfaith ceremony at the Augsburg Lutheran Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. They met in 2015 at Politico, where they both worked at the time.

References

  1. ^ "Elena Schneider, Eli Stokols". The New York Times. September 16, 2018. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-10. The groom, 39, is a White House reporter in Washington for The Los Angeles Times. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia.
  2. "Eli Stokols". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  3. "GUEST: LOS ANGELES TIMES WHITE HOUSE REPORTER ELI STOKOLS ON "WHAT A NEW ADMINISTRATION MIGHT MEAN FOR OUR COUNTRY" (Interview starts at 56:17)". University Synagogue.
  4. "Former University baseball player Eli Stokols takes a break from covering President Trump to receive prestigious award from Irvine Public Schools Foundation". Orange County Register. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ^ "Stokols departs WSJ's DC bureau after one year". Talking Biz News. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. "Eli Stokols". FOX31 Denver. 2020-01-05. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. ^ "Eli Stokols - News, Articles, Biography, Photos - WSJ.com". WSJ. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. "Eli Stokols | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. ^ "Politico's latest hire leaves a hole in Colorado politics coverage". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. "Author: Eli Stokols". 5280. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
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