Jeff Zeleny

Jeffrey Dean Zeleny (born June 10, 1973) is the senior Washington correspondent for CNN. He previously held the same title at ABC News.

Jeffrey Dean Zeleny was born on June 10, 1973, in Exeter, Nebraska, the son of Diane Naomi (née Yeck) and Robert Dean Zeleny. He has two older brothers, James Robert Zeleny and Michael Jon Zeleny.

His ancestry on both sides of his family is Czech, with most of his ancestors coming from Bohemia and some from Moravia. Zeleny is the Czech word for "green".

Zeleny was educated at Exeter High School, a public high school in the small town of Exeter, Nebraska, followed by the University of Nebraska, where he studied journalism and political science. He graduated in 1996. While at the university, he was the editor of the Daily Nebraskan, the school's newspaper.

Zeleny started working for The Des Moines Register in 1996, and left to write for The Chicago Tribune in 2000. He covered the presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004 for the paper. In 2006, The New York Times hired him to cover politics, and he covered the 2012 presidential election for the paper, while being their lead reporter. Zeleny was hired in February 2013 by ABC News to be their senior Washington correspondent and to file stories for the website. He joined CNN in March 2015. At President Obama's 100-day press conference </ref>, White House correspondent Jeff Zeleny became a mini-celebrity - or a national laughingstock - for asking President Obama how he was surprised/troubled/enchanted/humbled over the first 100 days. The Times itself seemed embarrassed by the question. The press conference was relegated to page A-19, with the headline "Obama Voices Concern on Pakistan and Defends Interrogation Memo Release."

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