Jessica Jones covers both the legislature in Raleigh and politics across the state. Before her current assignment, Jessica was given the responsibility to open up ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'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 ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ in 1999. She is a graduate of Yale University.
Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina officials sterilized an estimated 7,600 people, many by force or coercion. The state’s eugenics program targeted…
For more than 70 years, programs around the United States forcibly sterilized tens of thousands of American citizens. While many states scaled their…
More than 2,000 women and girls were forcibly sterilized in the first two decades of North Carolina's state eugenics program from 1929-1950.While many…
¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ is happy to announce that the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) has awarded the station with an Edward R. Murrow Award for…
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) awarded ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ with an impressive six Edward R. Murrow Awards on Thursday. The Murrow Awards honor…