Jackie Bensen is a general assignment reporter for News4. She specializes in reporting breaking news, mostly for News4 at 11.
Bensen joined News4 in 1999 after spending 12 years at WTTG-TV in a variety of roles, including news writer, special projects producer and, for the last few years, general assignment reporter. She has also worked for Media General's cable channel and in the Washington Bureau of Outlet Communications.
A Philadelphia native, Bensen came to Washington to attend American University, where she earned a Master's Degree in Journalism and Public Affairs. She has an undergraduate degree in English literature from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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The student was hit near Frost Middle School while riding an e-bike.
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A power outage at WSSC Water’s Potomac plant has affected its ability to supply drinking water to about 75% of the utility’s 1.9 million customers.
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Data center debate: Loudoun County residents give input on regulations
Loudoun County is home to 233 data centers at last count, more than anywhere else in the world.
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Bystander shot by shoplifting suspect outside Target in Ivy City
No information on the injured bystander’s condition has been made available.
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Coastal flooding strikes DC area as nor'easter moves toward East Coast
Coastal flooding drifted into Old Town Alexandria streets Thursday morning and canceled the Oceans Calling festival in Ocean City, Maryland.
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Cyclists advocate for safety improvements after man killed in Logan Circle crash
The collision remains under investigation.
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Family wants answers after Prince George's police kill man in Suitland
More than 200 people gathered to mourn 33-year-old Tawfik Haqq.
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2 popular Montgomery County malls to require adult supervision for minors
Mall management said it’s to improve safety, about two months after a shooting involving teens at Westfield Wheaton.
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Protesters form human chain around shuttered Kennedy Center
“I think the Trump administration should be recognized for as having saved the Kennedy Center,” the president said.
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‘Not what we prayed for': Man charged with murder in 1993 vanishing of boy, 10
George “Junior” Burdynski went missing from Brentwood in May 1993. Joseph Lynch, 61, was arrested in his murder.
