Eli Stokols (born 1978/1979)[1] 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.[1] He grew up in Irvine, California[2] where his family were members of the Reconstructionist University Synagogue.[3] He graduated from University High School in Irvine in 1997.[4] He later graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.[1] While there, he pitched for the Cal baseball team.[5] He subsequently received an M.S. degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2002.[6]
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.[7] He joined the WSJ's Washington bureau in March 2017.[5] He previously worked as a national reporter for Politico.[8] He joined Politico in the spring of 2016.[5] Prior to that, he covered Colorado politics for nearly a decade at KDVR, and its sister station KWGN-TV, in Denver, Colorado.[7][9] While in Denver, he hosted, #COpolitics: From the Source, a weekly interview show.[9] In 2013 and 2014, he wrote for 5280 magazine.[10]
Personal life
Stokols first marriage ended in divorce.[1] On September 15, 2018, he married Elena Cecilia Schneider in an interfaith ceremony at the Augsburg Lutheran Church in Winston-Salem, N.C.[1] They met in 2015 at Politico, where they both worked at the time.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "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.
- ^ "Eli Stokols". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Stokols departs WSJ's DC bureau after one year". Talking Biz News. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Eli Stokols". FOX31 Denver. 2020-01-05. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ a b "Eli Stokols - News, Articles, Biography, Photos - WSJ.com". WSJ. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Eli Stokols | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ a b "Politico's latest hire leaves a hole in Colorado politics coverage". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Author: Eli Stokols". 5280. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 2020-06-10.