Jeff Zeleny Biography

Jeff Zeleny is a journalist and Senior White House Correspondent for CNN. He previously worked as a senior Washington correspondent for ABC News. He is a Chicago Tribune Pulitzer Prize Winner. Zeleny started working for The Des Moines Register in 1996 after interning for the Wall Street Journal and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in college.

Early life, biography and education of Jeff Zeleny

Jeff was born as Jeffrey Dean Zeleny on June 10, 1973 in Exeter, Nebraska, United States to Diane Naomi Zeleny and Robert Dean Zeleny. Jeff spent most of his childhood days with his two older brothers James Robert Zeleny and Michael Jon Zeleny. Jeff was an intellectual kid who wanted to get into journalism and understand the dynamics of politics. Jeff is of American nationality and white ethnicity.

Verde continued to fulfill her dream of entering journalism by studying journalism and political science at the University of Nebraska. She later graduated in 1996.

Jeff Zeleny’s career in journalism

While in college, Zeleny was appointed editor of the Daily Nebraskan, which was the school’s newspaper. Jeff then went to work for The Des Moines Register. Soon, he moved to the Chicago Tribune.

Zeleny was rumored to be gay. People started speculating about his sexual orientation about three years ago, however, the lead correspondent did not address the rumor at the time. Later, he came out and confirmed that the rumor that he was gay was true. Although she has confessed that he is gay, she has yet to reveal who she is dating and who is her current boyfriend.