​Brian Patrick Stelter (born September 3, 1985) is an American journalist best known as the former chief media correspondent for CNN and host of the CNN program Reliable Sources, roles he held from 2013 to 2022. He returned to CNN in 2024. Stelter is also a former media reporter for The New York Times and editor of TVNewser.

Slate: Jeff Bezos Could Save The Post (Again) - 7.9.24

​On today’s episode of Hear Me Out: Bezos vs. the British invasion. The Washington Post, like most legacy media outlets, can’t seem to catch a break. Right now, the newsroom is reeling under leadership changeups — and an editor who’s part of what appears to be a British invasion into American media leadership. It’s hard to imagine Jeff Bezos, a soon-to-be trillionaire, as anyone’s folk hero. When he bought the Post in 2013, many assumed his involvement would put the paper’s editorial integrity at risk. But could his active presence actually right the ship? Journalist and writer Brian Stelter joins us, apropos of his recent reporting for The Atlantic.

Media analyst Brian Stelter discusses Biden’s post-debate ‘Rorschach test
President Joe Biden faces a busy week of campaigning amid increasing calls from Democrats for the president to end his run for reelection. In a letter to Democrats on Monday, Biden wrote that he believes he is the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump. As Biden faces a tough stretch of campaign events, media analyst Brian Stelter joined “Politically Georgia” to discuss the president’s troubling performance at the Atlanta debate and what responses from news organizations, including calls for him to end his candidacy, mean for the president’s bid for reelection. (AJC 7/8/24) READ MORE>>>>>

November 14, 2024: Stelter in article posted at CNN: ​The election results showcased big disconnects between how news outlets reported on the economy and how swing voters felt about the economy. The facts were one thing, but the feelings were another. What’s a fact-based outlet supposed to do about that?
The answer: understand the “deep story.” Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of the acclaimed 2016 book “Strangers in Their Own Land,” has posited that voters sometimes act based on their emotional needs — their “deep story” — rather than their economic needs. “We all have a deep story,” she told Vox. “And it’s important to know what these are.” Whether core beliefs are empirically true or false, those beliefs move people, and journalists have to understand them better.

Nov 16, 2024: Stelter: Fox's Mark Levin is, at his usual high decibel, demanding that senators stay out of the way and let Trump have his "vibrant young accomplished TEAM" of "go-getters." He's warning that senators who commit "sabotage" will be held accountable.