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Stelter was born in Damascus, Maryland and attended Damascus High School, graduating in 2003,[1] followed by Towson University where he served as editor-in-chief of The Towerlight from 2005 to 2007. While still a student, he created TVNewser, a blog about television and cable news which he later sold to Mediabistro.
Stelter graduated Towson in May 2007, and joined The New York Times as a media reporter later in July of that year.[2] In November 2013, he became the new host of CNN's Reliable Sources[3] and also senior media correspondent,[4] greatly expanding the role at the network previously held by Howard Kurtz. Stelter is featured prominently in the 2011 documentary Page One: Inside the New York Times.
Personal life
Stelter dated CNBC anchor Nicole Lapin in 2011.[5] He stated he had to inform his editor of the relationship, and he agreed not to cover CNBC while they were dating.[6]
On February 22, 2014, Stelter married Jamie Shupak[7] in a Jewish ceremony.[8] His wife is a traffic anchor for New York TV station NY1.[9][10] Although raised Methodist, today Stelter is non-religious.[11] They plan to raise their children as Jewish.[11] On May 21, 2017, their daughter was born.[12]
