Jessica Sage Yellin was born on February 25,1971 and is an American journalist.
18 Facts About Jessica Yellin
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Jessica Yellin was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles, California, the only daughter of Adele Marilyn and Ira Jessica Yellin.
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Jessica Yellin's father, the son of an Orthodox rabbi, was a prominent real estate developer who focused on restoring older homes and neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
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Jessica Yellin was a past president of the American Jewish Committee.
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Jessica Yellin joined CNN as a Capitol Hill correspondent in August 2007.
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Jessica Yellin provided breaking news and analysis on President Obama's administration and during the 2012 election, interviewed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, First Lady Michelle Obama, former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, House Speaker John Boehner and former top economist Larry Summers.
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Jessica Yellin has covered significant policy debates in Washington, including the push to reform the financial regulatory system.
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Jessica Yellin began with ABC in July 2003 and reported on politics and culture for such programs as Good Morning America and Nightline.
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Jessica Yellin has reported from around the globe, including Russia, China, Europe, Latin America and Mongolia.
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Jessica Yellin was previously an overnight anchor and correspondent for MSNBC.
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Jessica Yellin covered the 2000 recount in Florida as a general assignment reporter at WTVT-TV in Tampa.
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Jessica Yellin began her broadcast career in 1998 as a general assignment reporter for Orlando's 24-hour cable news channel, Central Florida News 13.
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Jessica Yellin's work has been published in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Details magazine and Entertainment Weekly.
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Jessica Yellin's experience includes working in Los Angeles reporting for George Magazine.
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Jessica Yellin later clarified her comments, and some speculate about pressure from her employers with regard to these matters.
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Jessica Yellin won a Peabody Award for Best Political Team on Television while at CNN, and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story.
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Jessica Yellin is a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism and a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Public Integrity.
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Jessica Yellin was a fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.