Brian Patrick Stelter (born September 3, 1985) is an American journalist best known as the former chief media correspondent for

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and host of the CNN program '' Reliable Sources'', roles he held from 2013 to 2022. Stelter is also a former media reporter for ''

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'' and editor of ''

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''.

Early life and education

Stelter was born on September 3, 1985, in

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, the son of Donna and Mark Stelter. He attended Damascus High School, graduating in 2003, followed by

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where he served as editor-in-chief of '' The Towerlight'' from 2005 to 2007. While still a student, he created ''

'', a blog about television and cable news which he later sold to

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and became a part of the ''

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'' blog network.

Career

After graduating from college in May 2007, Stelter joined ''

'' as a media reporter at 22, making him one of the youngest staff members at the time. In November 2013, he became the new host of CNN's '' Reliable Sources'' and also a senior media correspondent for CNN Worldwide. On August 18, 2022, CNN canceled ''Reliable Sources.'' Stelter departed the network after its final episode on August 21. The cancellation was one of a number of cost-cutting moves at CNN, and its parent,

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. Stelter criticized the network's decision to cancel the show, stating "It's not partisan to stand up for decency and democracy and dialogue." In September 2022, Stelter joined the Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellowship at

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. Stelter is a producer on the

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series '' The Morning Show'', which is inspired by his first book '' Top of the Morning''.Brian Stelter (About the author)
Simon and Schuster He also executive produced the HBO documentary '' After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News''. On January 17, 2023, Stelter hosted a panel on "The Clear and Present Danger of Disinformation" at the

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annual meeting in Davos.

Personal life

Stelter was raised

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, and is now nonreligious. Stelter dated CNBC anchor

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in 2011. He stated he had to inform his editor of the relationship, and he agreed not to cover CNBC while they were dating. On February 22, 2014, he married Jamie Shupak, a traffic anchor for

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. The couple married in a Jewish ceremony, and are raising their children in Shupak's

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faith. They live in

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, New York City.

Bibliography

* '' Top of the Morning'' (2013) * '' Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth'' (2020) * '' Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy'' (2023)

References

External links

Personal website
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Brian Stelter Joins Shorenstein Center as Fall 2022 Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow
Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School
Towson University's page about Stelter
* Johnson, Peter

"USA Today", July 10, 2006. * Bosman, Julie

''The New York Times'', November 20, 2006, retrieved November 22, 2006. * Friedman, Jon
"TVNewser's Stelter is Online Journalist of the Year,"
"Marketwatch," December 15, 2006 * Malone, Noreen
"What Happens When You Give TV's Biggest Fanboy His Own TV Show? The remarkable rise of Brian Stelter
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