Eugene Daniels is an openly gay American political journalist. He is best known as the co-author of Politico’s daily newsletter Playbook. And Politico’s White House Correspondent. Recently, Eugene Daniels engaged with his long-time beau Nate Stephens.
Who Is Eugene Daniels? Age, Height
Eugene Daniels is a Playbook author and White House Correspondent at Politico. Eugene, White House Correspondent focuses on Vice President Kamala Harris, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, the Second Gentleman, and emerging power players in Washington.
Eugene Daniels birth date is 1990-1995, as reported by Tvguidetime. So, he is at the age of 25-30 as of 2021. He is an American citizen, as Eugene was born in the USA.
Eugene has his high school diploma in general studies from Shoemaker High School, Texas, and graduated as a journalism/ political science graduate from Colorado State University.
His university degree focuses on T.V. News and Video Communication/ News-Editorial, and political science.
Eugene Daniels stands tall at the height of 5 feet and 10 inches or 177 cm. He weighs 85kg or 187lbs.
Eugene Daniels’ Family Details
Eugene Daniels’ parents are Eugene Anthony Daniels Sr. and Leah Daniels. His father, Eugene Anthony Daniels Sr. as LTC (R) E. Anthony Daniels served in the U.S. Army.
He has two sisters with whom he grew up, Jade Daniels and Maya Daniels.
Eugene is also very close with his grandparents, especially his grandmothers, Katie Daniels and Ruby Brown, who are the ones to inspired Eugene to be a political journalist and passed away in 2012.
Who Is Eugene Daniels’ Partner?
Eugene Daniels partner Nate Stephens is a manager of Anchor Collaborative Network (ACN). Nate joined Democracy Collaboratives for ACN in July 2019. He works with city and community-based local wealth-building collaboratives across the U.S. and Canada.
Previously, Nate Stephens was a senior technical officer at Root Change. That focus is to build systems change capacity and test community-led approaches in the international development sector.
Nate Stephens co-founded a rural entrepreneurship training center and rabbit-raising cooperative with 150 members while a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon.
Speaking of Nate Stephens’ educational background, he has an MPA from Monterey’s Middlebury Institute of International Studies. And a B.A. in Anthropology/Sociology from Carleton College, Minnesota.
Nate Stephens grew up on a cattle ranch in the Black Hills, South Dakota.
Is Eugene Daniels Engaged?
Eugene Daniels, who is openly gay, got engaged with his partner Nate Stephens earlier this year. The engagement announcement was made via Eugene’s Instagram post on 24 June, where series of photos were posted that made the engagement ring visible alongside partner Nate.
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In the post, he captioned,
“I’ve never loved a human more. And I will choose you every day for the rest of my life. (I said hell yes).. #engaged #hesaidyes”.
Nate Stephens is a big supporter of his fiancé’s work. And Nate also takes on Twitter trolls when Twitter attack Eugene Daniels.
What Is Eugene Daniels’ Net Worth? Career Insights
Eugene Daniels has an estimated net worth of around $1.5 million according to hawexpress.com and has an average salary of $110,000 per year as an MSNBC contributor.
Politico’s correspondent, Eugene Daniels, is joining MSNBC as a contributor. He also signed for representation in all areas with WME Entertainment recently.
This news was broken on Nicolle Wallace’s show “Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace” on March 17, 2021.
While Politico’s average salary is $58,519 per year. Salary ranges from an average of $38,091 to $100,109 per year. Politico pays the highest for the job title Business Development Associate of an average annual salary of $42 458.
MSNBC offers an average of $57,500 annually. MSNBC pays $28 per hour, which is 14% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year.
Career Insights
He began his career in local television. Later he was joined by Rachel Buddy, Ryan Liza, and Tara Palmieri as co-writers of the playbook.
Eugene has diverse working experience as he has assisted journalists with shooting, editing, producing news and sports shows. Also has more than three years of experience as a content producer. Later, he became an excellent political journalist and White House correspondent.
Eugene is the first significant black co-author of the newsletter and the first LGBTQ+.
Before joining Politico, Eugene Daniels worked as a political reporter in New Zealand And covered primary, general election, and national politics in 2016.
He worked as a summer intern for Northern Colorado from May 2010 to August 2010. Also, worked for NCAA as a Division I national student-athlete advisory committee chair from July 2009 to January 2012.
Eugene was a reporter, anchor, host, columnist, and the editorial board for The Rocky Mountain Collegian from January 2010 to May 2012.
He became a content producer for KOAA-TV from October 2012 to June 2015 and worked as a political reporter for Newsy from June 2015 to September 2018.
Eugene joined Politico as a political reporter in September 2018, promoted as White House Correspondent and Playbook co-author in January 2021.
