- Jessica Yellin was born on February 25, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a writer, known for CNN Election Night in America 2008 (2008), The Situation Room (2005) and Campbell Brown (2008).
- Growing up in Los Angeles, she watched her father involve himself in city issues, renovating urban buildings in blighted areas and enlisting in the Marines in Vietnam.
- Attended St. Augustine-by-the-Sea elementary school (now named Crossroads Elementary, of the Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences) in Santa Monica, California. She was president of her high school graduating class at The Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles. She graduated Harvard University magna cum laude and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
- Previously served as White House correspondent for Good Morning America (1975) and ABC News. Before that, she was a reporter for WTVT in Tampa, Florida, and anchor/reporter for Central Florida News 13 in Orlando, Florida. She moved to CNN in July, 2007.
- Became CNN national political correspondence, based in Washington, D.C., on January 12, 2008.
- CNN chief White House correspondent [2012].
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