Paula Reid | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1982-08-19)August 19, 1982 (age 42) Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | College of William & Mary (BA) Villanova University (JD) University of Pennsylvania (MBE) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Spouse | Jason Kolsevich[1] |
| Children | 1 |
Paula Reid (born August 19, 1982) is anAmerican journalist and attorney who is the CNN chief legal affairs correspondent. She joined CNN in March 2021 after working at CBS News. She is based in Washington, D.C.[2]
AsCBS NewsWhite House Correspondent she appeared regularly onCBS Evening News,Face the Nation, andCBS This Morning. She was also a fill-in anchor onCBSN.
Reid covered theSpecial Counsel investigation ofRobert Mueller and the2016 Hillary Clinton email controversy. During theCOVID-19 pandemic, Reid became known for pressingPresident Trump on his response to the crisis.
Reid was born inAkron, Ohio. In 2005, Reid earned her bachelor's degree with a dual degree inpsychology and English from theCollege of William & Mary.[3] In 2008, Reid graduated fromVillanova University School of Law with aJuris Doctor.[4] Reid passed the bar exams inNew Jersey andPennsylvania.[5] In 2016, Reid also completed a Masters inBioethics (MBE) from the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at theUniversity of Pennsylvania.[5]
In January 2010, Reid moved to New York City and was hired as an intern atCBS News in their Investigative Unit. Later that year in June 2010, she became a production secretary forCBS Evening News, a position she held for a year.[5] From 2011 to 2014, Reid worked as a digital journalist based out of New York.
In 2014, Reid moved to Washington, D.C. to cover theJustice Department as a reporter forCBS News. Reid covered the2016 Hillary Clinton email controversy. She was one of the few reporters on the ground inCharlottesville, Virginia during theUnite the Right rally, which resulted in astate of emergency being declared by GovernorTerry McAuliffe.[6]
Reid led theCBS News coverage of theSpecial Counsel investigation ofRobert Mueller.[7] She also began filling in as a reporter at the White House in 2017. During one of theWhite House press briefings, Press SecretarySarah Huckabee Sanders stated thatDonald Trump could fire Mueller if he wanted to. Reid pointed out that this was not legally permitted, "You said the president believes he has the power to fire Robert Mueller. Because usually most legal experts believe that he would have to order Deputy Attorney GeneralRod Rosenstein to fire Mueller, and Rosenstein could, of course, refuse."[8]
In 2018, Reid pressed Trump on his border policies. This involved pointing out that, contrary to what Trump claimed, theTrump administration family separation policy was different from that of previous administrations as the Trump policy prosecuted all individuals who arrived at the border.[9]
In April 2019, after two years of covering the beat, Reid was officially named theCBS News White House Correspondent.[10] During theCOVID-19 pandemic, Reid attended the daily Trump press briefings. In April 2020 she asked why theTrump Administration had been so slow to respond to theCOVID-19 pandemic. In particular, Reid asked what meaningful preparation Trump had done during the month after bringing in his China travel ban.[11][12] "But what did you do with that time? You didn’t use it to prepare hospitals, you didn’t use it to ramp up testing. Right now, nearly 20 million are unemployed, tens of thousands of Americans are dead.”[13]
In May 2020,President Trump complained about Reid's tough questioning to the New York Post, saying Reid was "Nothing likeDonna Reed, I can tell you that."[14]
Reid has worked on news broadcastsCBS Evening News,CBS This Morning andFace the Nation.[5]
In January 2021, CBS announced that Reid would move from the White House to the network's Washington office as part of a reshuffling of its correspondents lineup in both the White House and Congress.[15]
In March 2021, Reid announced that she would be leaving CBS to join CNN as a senior legal affairs correspondent. She was promoted to chief legal affairs correspondent on October 16, 2023.[16][17]
Reid is married to Jason Kolsevich. The couple have a daughter who was born in 2022.[18]
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