Brian Stelter left CNN in 2022 before he was welcomed back in 2024. But why did he leave initially and why is he coming back to the network?

Journalist Brian Stelter is returning to CNN after he was ousted from the cable television network more than two years ago during a dramatic shakeup. “Yes, really,” Stelter, 39, said Tuesday when he announced that he will be the lead author for CNN’s “Reliable Sources” newsletter that he first started in 2015.