Jessica Jones
ReporterJessica Jones covers both the legislature in Raleigh and politics across the state. Before her current assignment, Jessica was given the responsibility to open up WUNC's first Greensboro Bureau at the Triad Stage in 2009. She's a seasoned public radio reporter who's covered everything from education to immigration, and she's a regular contributor to NPR's news programs. Jessica started her career in journalism in Egypt, where she freelanced for international print and radio outlets. After stints in Washington, D.C. with Voice of America and NPR, Jessica joined the staff of WUNC in 1999. She is a graduate of Yale University.
Jessica left WUNC in August 2015.
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After the conservative administration was forced out, Pedro Sánchez formed a cabinet with a record number of women, opened ports to refugees and even tweeted in Catalan. -
A conservative tech entrepreneur has created a foundation dedicated to finding clean-energy solutions to the climate crisis.Jay Faison has several… -
Composers have been writing music influenced by stories and dramatic works for centuries, and Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night's Dream is no exception.… -
Spring is here, and animals that have hunkered down through the long, cold winter are finally coming out again, now that it’s warm. That’s certainly true… -
Earlier today, an Amtrak train collided with a tractor-trailer in Halifax County. Fifty five passengers have been taken to the hospital.The accident took… -
A winter storm system is expected to sweep into the state tonight and leave 4 to 8 inches of snow in its wake. Freezing precipitation is likely to come at… -
A man held in a North Carolina prison for most of his life was released on Friday, after a special panel found he had been wrongfully convicted of a… -
A legislative subcommittee has endorsed a measure that would take oversight of the state's Medicaid program away from the Department of Health and Human… -
State lawmakers gathered in Raleigh Wednesday for the first official day of this year’s legislative session. Members elected the Republican leaders of… -
State lawmakers will be back in Raleigh Wednesday for a one-day organizational session. The most important task at hand for legislators is to formally…
