Jane Velez-Mitchell is an American television journalist known for her work on major news networks including CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. She gained prominence as a reporter for the syndicated television program Celebrity Justice, beginning with its debut in 2002. Throughout her career, she has delivered coverage on high-profile legal and celebrity cases and is recognized for her social advocacy.
Born on September 29, 1956, Jane Velez-Mitchell was raised in Manhattan, New York City. She graduated from New York University with a degree in journalism. Her cultural background includes Puerto Rican heritage from her mother and Irish descent from her father. Velez-Mitchell identifies as a lesbian and publicly came out during a 2007 radio appearance on KABC-AM. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Velez-Mitchell began her broadcasting career at local news stations in Fort Myers, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis. She later served as a correspondent for WCBS-TV in New York City for eight years. Her most extensive tenure was as a reporter and anchor with KCAL-TV in Los Angeles, where she worked for more than a decade.
She became widely recognized as the host of HLN’s Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell, a news and commentary program focused on current events and social issues, where she often highlighted stories related to crime, justice, and animal rights. As a correspondent for Celebrity Justice, produced by Warner Bros./Telepictures, she covered legal proceedings involving celebrities. She also served as a frequent guest host on HLN’s Nancy Grace.
Velez-Mitchell has received multiple accolades for her journalistic work. She earned a Los Angeles Emmy Award and shared a New York Emmy Award for her contributions to news broadcasting. Her reporting at KCAL-TV led to four Southern California Golden Mike Awards and another Emmy for excellence in television journalism. Additionally, her reporting on Celebrity Justice helped the show earn two Genesis Awards from the Humane Society of the United States, recognizing its contribution to animal protection issues.
In 2008, she authored the non-fiction book Secrets Can Be Murder: What America’s Most Sensational Crimes Tell Us About Ourselves, exploring psychological patterns behind major American crimes. She followed up with her 2009 memoir, iWant: My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life, which candidly details her struggles with alcoholism, her sexuality, and her path to recovery and self-acceptance. The book was well-received and became a best-seller. In 2011, she co-authored Addict Nation, an investigative work examining America’s cultural and systemic dependency on various forms of excess, from drugs to consumerism.
| Birth Date: | 29 Sep, 1955 |
| Age: | 64 yrs |
| Occupations: | Journalist News presenter Author |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Manhattan |
| Education: | New York University |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American television journalist |
| Twitter Id: | JVM |
| Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |
