Jessa O'Connor
Jessa O’Connor is the Assistant Digital News Editor and Sunday reporter for WFAE. She joined the team in 2018 after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned a degree in broadcast journalism and worked for her college radio news station. Jessa won national awards for her college news coverage, including “First Place in Radio” from the Hearst Journalism Awards Program and “Best Radio News Reporting” from the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Updated: Monday at 2:30 p.m. It was the last day of classes for UNC Charlotte students when a shooter opened fire in a classroom building during an... -
Updated: Friday at 2:45 p.m. Friends and family members remembered the two students killed in Tuesday’s shooting UNC Charlotte – 19-year-old Ellis Reed... -
Updated: 7:50 p.m. Video of the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Danquirs Franklin on March 25 shows that he did have a gun, but it appears it was... -
A Colorado man is suing Bank of America over trademarks for its use of Erica, the virtual assistant the Charlotte-based bank created to help customers... -
The site selection committee for the Republican National Committee has chosen Charlotte as its host city for its 2020 national convention, according to... -
The Rev. Billy Graham, a Charlotte native who transformed Evangelism and touched the lives of hundreds of millions of people through his ministry, died...
