Eli Stokols
Reporter
Award-winning reporter Eli Stokols can be seen nightly on News2 at
9. He comes to Denver from KSLA in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he
gained valuable reporting experience, a wife, her three cats, and
about 15 pounds. His work there was thrice honored in 2004 by the
Associated Press, which named him a state "Reporter of the Year." In
three years there, Eli covered crime, corruption and his share of
hurricanes. He helped cheer the LSU Tigers to a National Championship
in 2003. And, once a week, he rolled up his sleeves to patch potholes.
In 2002, Eli received a Masters from Columbia University's Graduate
School of Journalism, where he spent the year reporting stories of
9/11 and its enormous aftermath. He spent seven months with a camera
inside a Manhattan firehouse, documenting how the firefighters there
coped with the loss of a seven-man crew. He is also a proud graduate
of the University of California at Berkeley. There, he majored in
American history and pitched for the Cal baseball team.
Eli grew up in Irvine, California, where his broadcasting career was born in
his parent's living room, where he first read the news from his desk at
the age of 10. It later flourished in the park across the street,
where Eli would announce imaginary baseball games out loud for the
neighbor's enjoyment, often treating them to double-headers.
In high school, he hit fourth in his team's line-up, providing
much-needed protection for current Rockies third-baseman Garrett
Atkins. Now, Atkins expresses his lasting gratitude with complimentary
Rockies tickets even though the team practically gives them away.
Naturally, Eli is also a big Angels fan and doesn't care if they think
they're from Los Angeles as long as they win. He also enjoys reading,
grilled cheese sandwiches, penguins and the color green.
He now lives in downtown Denver with his beautiful wife, Lane, and
their cats: Bengal, Blue and Fitzgerald.
Click here to e-mail Eli.
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