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Eugene Daniels
Eugene Anthony Daniels-Stephens II[1] (born February 12, 1989) is an American journalist.[2] He serves as a White House correspondent and Playbook author for Politico.[3] Daniels has been a MSNBC contributor since 2021.[4] He is also the president of the White House Correspondents' Association.[5][6] Early life and educationDaniels was born in Manhattan, New York, on February 12, 1989.[7] Less than a year later his family moved to Fort Cavazos, Texas (formerly Fort Hood, Texas). Daniels' father was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and was deployed several times to Iraq following the 9/11 attacks and the U.S. invasion of Iraq.[8] He attended Shoemaker High School in Killeen, Texas where he played football. On December 12, 2006, Daniels committed to play NCAA Division I football at Colorado State University. He signed a letter of intent on February 7, 2007.[9] Daniels was a defensive lineman at Colorado State, where off the field he majored in political science, later switching to journalism.[10] He was a redshirt freshman for the 2007-08 season.[11] On August 20, 2009, Daniels was taken to the hospital following heat-related health issues during a team practice.[12] In 2010, just before his junior season, Daniels injured his shoulder. He continued as a part of the team but stopped playing due to his shoulder injury.[13] He began to focus more on his journalism career. At the 2011 NCAA Convention in San Antonio, Texas, Daniels successfully ran for vice-chair of the Division I National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.[13] He graduated from Colorado State University in 2012.[14] CareerDaniels joined Politico in 2018, covering the 2018 midterm elections.[3] During the 2020 presidential election, Daniels covered the Andrew Yang campaign.[10] He is now a White House correspondent for Politico, covering Vice President Kamala Harris, First Lady Jill Biden, and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.[15] Daniels is also a co-author of Politico's Playbook, a daily early-morning email newsletter. He is the first Black and first openly LGBTQ author of the newsletter.[16] In 2021, Daniels was named a MSNBC contributor.[4] In April 2022, he was promoted to senior contributor on Morning Joe.[16] He regularly appears as a panelist on NBC's Meet the Press. In July 2022, Daniels was elected treasurer of the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) for 2024-25.[17] Kaitlan Collins of CNN was elected president but resigned in September due to her promotion as co-anchor on CNN This Morning.[18][19] According to WHCA bylaws, in the event that the president-elect is unable to serve, the person elected treasurer becomes president. As such, Daniels was designated president of the WHCA for 2024-25. He accepted the call to serve by saying, “I am both humbled and full of excitement to serve and for all that we will do together."[6] Personal lifeDaniels came out as gay in 2016.[20] On October 29, 2022, he married Nathan Thomas Stephens in the Evergreen Museum & Library in Baltimore, Maryland.[21] References
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