Born in February 25, 1971, Jessica Yellin grew up in Los Angeles, California. She studied at the Harvard College and graduated magna cum laude. She was also made a member of Phi Beta Kappa there. She has a brother and his name is Seth.

Profession

Jessica Yellin started her career in broadcasting in the year 1998. Initially, she was the general assignment reporter at the Central Florida News 13, which is a 24 hour cable news channel in Orlando. She was later promoted to morning anchor post over there.  She afterwards moved on to WTVT-TV situated in Tampa. She worked for a short period at MSNBC as overnight anchor and news correspondent too. She then joined ABC News in the year 2003. She covered news related to politics and culture on the shows Good Morning America, Nightline, and World News. She was also the White house correspondent for ABC News. She shifted to CNN in the year 2007. She served as Capitol Hill correspondent and also democratic affairs correspondent for the various programs on the network and its digital platform.

Career Highlights

Yellin has covered many key events in politics, culture and policy in the CNN shows and frequently travelled all over the country reporting breaking news, political changes, and the current affairs that influence the people. She played a major part in the 2008 and 2010 reporting about America Votes electoral campaign. She has reported on the critical policy debates including the financial regulatory system reforms. She has interviewed many high profile personalities including Presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush and the first lady Laura Bush.  She has travelled all around the world and covered places like Latin America, Europe, Mongolia, China and Russia.

Jessica Yellin has received the Gracie Award in the year 2010 for her reporting that involved intersection of politics and women. She was also part of the Peabody Award winning CNN team for the coverage of 2008 and 2010 election campaigns. Jessica Yellin has done a distinguishing job covering various key events both nationally and internationally. She was involved in a controversy in the year 2008, when she openly admitted in an interview that her employers at MSNBC had pressurized her to not include any negative comments on the Iraq war.