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BIO
Faith Jessie is a 6x EMMY® Award-winning news anchor and special projects reporter at 11Alive in Atlanta. Since joining the team in December 2022, she’s become a trusted face of the station’s evening newscasts, co-anchoring 11Alive News at 4 p.m. with Cheryl Preheim and 5 p.m. with Jennifer Bellamy. On Sundays, she co-hosts the station’s political show, The Georgia Vote, alongside Zach Merchant.
Faith brings depth and urgency to every story she tells. In her first year at 11Alive, she led powerful coverage on Georgia’s maternal health crisis, spotlighting the alarming disparities impacting Black women. She was also at the anchor desk and on the front lines for historic coverage of former President Donald Trump’s Fulton County indictment, helping guide viewers through hours of breaking news and legal analysis.
Before coming to Georgia, Faith anchored in New York at Newsday TV, where she covered the 2020 election, the COVID-19 pandemic, and produced an Emmy-winning inside look from hospital COVID units. She also teamed up with Newsday’s investigative unit to expose racial disparities in police hiring practices, earning another EMMY® for her work.
Her reporting roots run deep. In Las Vegas, Faith was a reporter and fill-in anchor at NBC affiliate KSNV-TV, covering nationally significant stories including the Route 91 mass shooting, the 2016 and 2020 presidential debates, and protests following George Floyd’s death. Her station’s continuous coverage of the Route 91 tragedy earned an Edward R. Murrow Award. Faith later traveled to Berlin, Germany, producing a special report on gun reform that gained international attention.
A proud University of Southern California alumna, Faith began her career in New York as a weekend anchor at FOX affiliate WICZ-TV, tracking the 2016 presidential campaign and covering Hillary Clinton’s historic nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Off camera, Faith is a passionate traveler, nature lover, and proud dog mom to her rescue pup, Bella. She is a founding member of the USC chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists and a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
