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Stakelbeck worked as a senior writer and analyst at [[the Investigative Project on Terrorism]] from 2003 to 2005, and his articles appeared in several newspapers.<ref name="cbn">{{cite web|url=https://www2.cbn.com/person/erick-stakelbeck|title=Erick Stakelbeck|work=CBN News|accessdate=August 6, 2023}}</ref> From 2005 he worked as a television correspondent, host and analyst for [[CBN News]], where he covered "U.S. national security, the Middle East, Israel-related issues and the growth of radical Islam at home and abroad."<ref name="cbn"/> He has also been a regular contributor to [[The Blaze TV]], and a regular guest on several [[Fox News]] shows.<ref name="cbn"/> He received the Ben Hecht Award for Outstanding Journalism from the [[Zionist Organization of America]] in 2014,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://northeasttimes.com/2014/09/04/local-honorees-to-be-awarded-by-zionist-organization/|title=Local honorees to be awarded by Zionist organization|date=September 4, 2014|work=Northeast Times}}</ref> and a media "Truth" award from the [[Endowment for Middle East Truth]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/197008|title=Gohmert: Obama Outed Israeli Iranian Spy Mission|work=Israel National News|first=Mark|last=Langfan|date=June 20, 2015}}</ref>
He began hosting ''The Watchman'' on TBN in 2016.<ref name="jpost"/> For his show, he has travelled throughout Israel, reporting from the borders of Gaza, Syria and Lebanon, and interviewing senior Israeli leaders.<ref name="jweekly"/> He regularly highlights Israel's "strategic predicament", noting its proximity to radical Islamic terror groups such as [[Hezbollah]] and [[Hamas]] at its borders.<ref name="jweekly"/> He also focuses on biblical [[Christian eschatology|end times prophecy]], believing that "we live in prophetic times", and that "the miraculous rebirth of Israel ... set the prophetic time clock into overdrive".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/13/tv-host-erick-stakelbeck-on-end-times-bible-prophe/|title='We live in prophetic times': Breakdown of the history of Hanukkah and End Times Bible prophecy|first=Billy|last=Hallowell|work=The Washington Times|date=December 13, 2023}}</ref> In 2022, he recorded an exclusive interview with Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://allisrael.com/netanyahu-gives-exclusive-interview-to-tbn-as-he-finalizes-new-government-prepares-to-go-head-to-head-with-iran|title= Netanyahu gives exclusive interview to TBN as he finalizes new government, prepares to go head-to-head with Iran |first=Joel C.|last=Rosenberg|work=All Israel News|date=December 22, 2022}}</ref> He additionally became a correspondent for TBN's new ''Centerpoint'', a nightly news and analysis program in 2022,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/24/evangelical-tv-network-tbn-launch-nightly-newsanal/|title=Evangelical TV network TBN to launch nightly news/analysis show|first=Mark A.|last=Kellner|work=The Washington Times|date=March 4, 2022}}</ref> and host of the new show ''Stakelbeck Tonight'' in 2024.<ref name="prnewswire">{{cite news|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tbn-announces-new-weeknight-program-with-networks-host-and-news-correspondent-erick-stakelbeck-302085316.html|title=TBN Announces New Weeknight Program with Network's Host and News Correspondent, Erick Stakelbeck|work=TBN|publisher=PR Newswire|date=March 11, 2024}}</ref>
==Views==
Stakelbeck has stated his view that "the [[American Left|Left]] sees [[Islam]] as an ally and [[Western Civilization]] and the [[Judeo-Christian]] tradition is the enemy" and that Islam and the Left "have a shared hatred for this country".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Belt|first=David|title=Islam as a Platform for Politics: The Post-9/11 US Conservative Popular Security Discourse|journal=American Journal of Islam and Society |volume=33|issue=2 |year=2016|page=9|url=https://8www.koersjournal.org.za/index.php/ajiss/article/download/213/1955|doi=10.12816/0037438}}</ref> He also claims that there is a "concerted effort by Islamists to infiltrate the very heartland of American society" and that American Muslims are engaged in "stealth" or "civilizational" [[jihad]] to impose [[Sharia]] in the US.<ref name="splc"/>▼
==Personal life==▼
Stakelbeck has addressed several conferences and events of groups such as [[ACT for America]], the [[David Horowitz Freedom Center]] and the [[Family Research Council]],<ref name="splc">{{cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/09/01/meet-extremists-attending-act-america-conference|title=Meet the Extremists Attending the ACT for America Conference|date=September 1, 2016|work=Southern Poverty Law Center}}</ref> and has aligned himself with [[counter-jihad]] activists.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www2.cbn.com/video/news/stakelbeck-terror-west-and-free-speech|title=Stakelbeck on Terror: The West and Free Speech|date=October 2, 2012|work=CBN News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www1.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/archive/2015/09/15/the-watchman-show-is-isis-winning-against-the-west|title=The Watchman Show: Is ISIS Winning Against the West?|date=September 15, 2015|first=Erick|last=Stakelbeck|work=CBN News}}</ref>
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Stakelbeck currently lives in the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth area]], is married and has two children.<ref name="prnewswire"/> He previously lived outside [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="cbn"/>▼
▲==Personal life==
▲Stakelbeck is married and has two children, and currently lives in the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth area]]
==Bibliography==
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