how being a senior journalist in the country's maybe #1 and #3 news institutions is like, a big deal.
Ok, so you've established how his parents may be considered elite. You haven't explained the legacy part though. Did his parents get their jobs based on his grandparents merits? Can they trace their lineage back to the Mayflower? If that is irrelevant, can you perhaps explain your conception of "legacy elite" and how it differs from regular elite?
[they] never went public with their identities[..] They're not regarded as investigative journalists
That's true. In order to be considered a journalist you have to go public with your findings. Otherwise, you may be an investigator but not a journalist.
Ok, so you've established how his parents may be considered elite. You haven't explained the legacy part though. Did his parents get their jobs based on his grandparents merits? Can they trace their lineage back to the Mayflower? If that is irrelevant, can you perhaps explain your conception of "legacy elite" and how it differs from regular elite?
[they] never went public with their identities[..] They're not regarded as investigative journalists
That's true. In order to be considered a journalist you have to go public with your findings. Otherwise, you may be an investigator but not a journalist.