[2][3][4] Reines was a managing director at Beacon Global Strategies, which he founded with partners Jeremy Bash and Andrew J. Shapiro in 2013.

[7] Reines earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the Columbia University School of General Studies.

[12][13] Beginning in July 2002, Reines served as press secretary for Hillary Rodham Clinton,[11] during her term as New York senator.

[12] In 2003, Reines helped orchestrate the media campaign and seven-month book tour that accompanied the release of Living History, Senator Clinton's bestselling memoir of her time in the White House.

"[17] In March 2010, The Washington Post's WhoRunsGov, a site offering user-contributed political profiles, moderated by an editorial team, included a profile of Reines as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State,[18] in its "Power 25: Press" series;[citation needed] and in July 2010, Politico included Reines in their "50 Politicos to Watch" list, categorizing him as a "fixer".

"[20] Some media critics sided with CNN and questioned whether Reines' real grievance was indeed with CNN's disrespect for the privacy wishes of Stevens' family; BuzzFeed published an email exchange between Reines and journalist Michael Hastings where the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State told Hastings to "Fuck off.