Eli Stokols Explained

Eli Stokols
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:University of California, Berkeley
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Occupation:Journalist
Spouse:Elena Cecilia Schneider
Parents: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.[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. 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.[5]

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.[6] He joined the WSJ's Washington bureau in March 2017.[7] He previously worked as a national reporter for Politico.[8] 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.[9] While in Denver, he hosted, #COpolitics: From the Source, a weekly interview show. In 2013 and 2014, he wrote for 5280 magazine.[10]

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. News: September 16, 2018. Elena Schneider, Eli Stokols. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-06-10. 0362-4331. 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. Web site: Eli Stokols. 2020-06-09. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
  3. Web site: 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. Web site: 2018-01-16. Former University baseball player Eli Stokols takes a break from covering President Trump to receive prestigious award from Irvine Public Schools Foundation. 2020-06-10. Orange County Register. en-US.
  5. Web site: 2020-01-05. Eli Stokols. 2020-06-10. FOX31 Denver. en-US.
  6. Web site: Eli Stokols - News, Articles, Biography, Photos - WSJ.com. 2020-06-10. WSJ. en-US.
  7. Web site: 2018-01-25. Stokols departs WSJ's DC bureau after one year. 2020-06-10. Talking Biz News. en-US.
  8. Web site: Eli Stokols C-SPAN.org. 2020-06-10. www.c-span.org.
  9. Web site: Politico's latest hire leaves a hole in Colorado politics coverage. 2020-06-10. Columbia Journalism Review. en.
  10. Web site: Author: Eli Stokols. 2020-06-10. 5280. 16 July 2014 . en.