Jessica Albert joined the News4 team as a general assignment reporter in October 2024. She is thrilled to be returning home to the DMV.
Jessica grew up in Northern Virginia. She graduated from Chantilly High School and studied journalism at James Madison University. She fell in love with TV news while interning at a TV station in college.
Through the course of her career, Jessica has made many stops, working at stations in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Florida. She most recently worked at WJZ in Baltimore. During her time there, she covered many major breaking news stories, including the collapse of the Key Bridge.
Jessica has always wanted to bring her career back to her hometown because most of her family still lives in the area. When she’s not working, she’s spending time with them or her husband. She also enjoys bingeing true crime shows, trying out new restaurants and holding herself accountable by taking spin classes at the gym.
If you have a story idea for her, feel free to email her at Jessica.Albert@nbcuni.com or reach out to her on social media.
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Man dead, 5 taken to hospital after early morning crash in Montgomery County
A man is dead and five people were taken to the hospital after a two-car crash in Montgomery County, Maryland on Saturday morning.
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Alexandria community holds clothing drive for family who lost everything in house fire
Asia Nichols, her husband and her eight children lost everything when the roof of their Alexandria home caught fire over the Fourth of July weekend. The house is still boarded up. “We had no idea that anything was on fire,” Nichols said. “My alarm wasn’t even going off.” Nichols believes that fireworks may have caused the fire. Fireworks are...
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$5.1M gold leaf makeover: Statues near Lincoln Memorial get new look
Bronze statues near the National Mall got a multi-million-dollar makeover.
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How to get help now that the 90-day pause on Pepco shutoffs has ended
The moratorium had given residents a pause on paying the bills but did not offer bill forgiveness.
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‘Seems a little early': Alexandria school resumes on nearly year-round calendar
Tucker Elementary School, Alexandria’s only modified-calendar school, celebrated their first day of school Monday. News4’s Jessica Albert reports.
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Vigils held across the DMV for people killed during ICE encounters
Communities nationwide, including some in the DMV, held vigils Saturday for people killed during interactions with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). There have been two instances this month, one in Texas, the other in Maine. A pack of people lined a busy intersection along Route 29 in Centreville, Virginia. “I never thought I’d be an activist in my 60s,” said…
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6-year-old nearly drowns at DC summer camp while lifeguard is on lunch break
A 6-year-old nearly drowned at a soccer camp in Washington, D.C., on Monday while a lifeguard was on lunch break, according to a police report.
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Kevin Bacon and his nonprofit pack 35,000 meals for Fairfax County families
We’ve all heard the saying “six degrees from Kevin Bacon.” The A-list actor stepped on to the campus of George Mason University Sunday to volunteer with his nonprofit, appropriately called “SixDegrees.Org” “It’s important to remember that things that we do in our communities affect people down the block but also affect people around the world,” Bacon told News4. About...
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Cyclists protest Trump plan to renovate East Potomac Park into championship golf course
D.C.’s cyclist community gathered at East Potomac Park Saturday to call on the Trump administration to halt its plans to do renovations there. The administration wants to renovate the historic golf course at East Potomac Park and turn it into a “championship course.” The park is home to one of the District’s public golf courses, where golfers can play...
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Fairfax County's ‘Money Camp' teaches kids financial literacy
Welcome to Cent City! This one-week camp teaches kids about taxes, property, paychecks and more. News4’s Jessica Albert reports.
