Jessica Dean

Jessica Dean is a CNN Washington correspondent. Prior to joining CNN, Dean worked at KYW-TV in Philadelphia where she was the co-anchor of the weekday evening newscasts. A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Dean covered Arkansas politics and the state legislature while working as an anchor and reporter at KARK and KATV in Little Rock. Her career began at KNWA-KFTA in Fort Smith, Arkansas where she was a general assignment reporter. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.