Jess Arnold, Multimedia Journalist
Jess Arnold joined the news team in June 2016 and is excited to launch her career in Michiana!
She hails from Philadelphia, PA and graduated Summa Cum Laude with dual degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Marketing from the Pennsylvania State University. She also received minor certificates in Spanish and International Business.
Her passion for storytelling has taken her around the world. During her 2014 semester abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she wrote for the Buenos Aires Herald, the longest-running English newspaper in the city. During her senior year of college, she traveled to Lesbos and Athens, Greece to report on the refugee crisis. She also tried her hand at digital and social media during her Discovery Channel internship, where she produced content for the show Deadliest Catch as well as Shark Week.
At Penn State, she reported, anchored, and produced for the school’s award-winning newscast Centre County Report. One of her stories won the First Place Hearst TV Journalism award for best feature piece in 2016.
Besides reporting, she loves performing, traveling, cooking, and catching up on her latest TV show obsession.
If you have a story to share or want to give a heads up about any news tips, feel free to reach out to her on Facebook, Twitter or send her an email.
Articles by Jess Arnold
- Real Michiana: Spreading kindness one random act at a time
- New intervention center helping addicts and their families rebuild
- Camp Kesem 'magical' for kids whose parents have cancer
- Real Michiana: Giving back while beating the odds
- Real Michiana: Clearing the clouds of grief
- Professionals weigh in on deadly dune accident
- Real Michiana: A life devoted to peaceful deaths
- Officer involved shooting in Warsaw
- Indiana Supreme Court rules no more fines for long-sitting trains
- Real Michiana: Building character brick by brick
- SJC Board of Health halts food inspection agreement with ND
- Knox Community Schools working to hire school resource officer
- St. Joseph County drainage board approves study of outdated pipe
- Real Michiana: Grandpa Larry standing guard for students
- Man biking cross-country to beat breast cancer
- Serving up stories for decades at the Morris Inn
- Real Michiana: South Bend Cubs manager reveals back pocket play
- Real Michiana: Planting a seed for change in their community
- Pulaski Co. working to upgrade outdated fire alarm system
- Verdict reached in Starke Co. murder trial
- Benton Harbor YouthBuild cuts ribbon on new home
- Flooding two years later: Buyout plan in works for SB neighborhood
- "Make-a-wish" granted for child with neurological disorder
- Real Michiana: Driving unity back into the community
- Grand jury to investigate possible theft by former sheriff's department employees
- Vietnam vets get long-awaited "welcome home"
- Vietnam vet honors familiar name on wall
- Vietnam vets share special connection to each other and wall
- Vietnam vets stop at Arlington Cemetery before Memorial Wall
- Vietnam veteran 'Spider' hopes new Welcome Home heals old wounds
- Former Navy nurse reflects on Vietnam war
- Veterans visiting wall feel welcome after post-wartime hate
- Bikers ride with Vietnam veterans to Washington, D.C.
- South Bend veteran Thomas Tyks reflects on his service
- Michiana veterans headed to DC to see Vietnam Memorial
- Local non-profit sending 42 Vietnam vets to D.C. memorial wall
- Real Michiana: Brushstrokes to a better path
- Real Michiana: Educating and empowering "the other"
- Starke Co. working to improve stats that show highest overdose death rate
- SBPD officer and wife speak after bomb training accident
- Get Wet for a Vet raises money to take Vietnam vets to D.C. wall
- Real Michiana: breaking through boards and barriers
- Starke Co. community corrections merges with probation dpt.
- Kids earn "sweat equity" for Habitat for Humanity homes
- Real Michiana: 30 years of helping the homeless
- Deputies focus on safety at Silver Beach for July 4th
- Berrien County neighbors weigh in on speed limit law
- Real Michiana: jazz club drums up sense of community
- Argos working to upgrade dangerous intersection
- Construction underway on Clay International Academy
- Real Michiana: fire-fighting Studebaker fanatic
- Parts of Berrien County hit hard by rain
- Storms cause tree to crash into Plymouth restaurant
- Family reflects on life of Goshen violinist, professor
- Pulaski council purchases central office for coroner
- Tolson Center closes doors; alum pays homage with "cup memorial"
- Starke County EMS adding new vehicle to save lives
- Ribbon cut on new manufacturing center in Argos
- Friends of biker killed in police chase hold tribute ride
- Kosciusko Co. man transforms front yard into unique Memorial Day tribute
- Benton Harbor group shares photos of founding family to celebrate history
- Spa combining virtual reality with massages to treat PTSD
- Potawatomi tribe working to save endangered language
- Vigil for victims of unsolved crimes held in Benton Harbor
- Missing child found after search in Penn Township
- River Park neighbors hope new lamp posts shed light on crime
- South Bend Cubs outfielder advocates for spreading love
- South Bend neighbors excited to see Air Force One
- Tree struck by lightning in South Bend causes home gas leak
- Redman beats Corbett by 18 votes in St. Joseph County Sheriff's race
- Benton Harbor passes medical marijuana facility zoning ordinance
- Family speaks after woman in ambulance killed in DWI crash
- Elkhart finalizes River District revitalization plan
- Family still mourning six-year-old's death after 2017 hit-and-run
- SJC voters "Meet the Candidates" at last forum
- Friends of Elkhart woman widowed by ISIS fighter share thoughts
- La Porte nonprofit releases opioid report
- Local roofer saves vet's home by fixing roof for free
- Benton Harbor High School teachers speak out in support of principal
- SBCSC approves pay hike for bus drivers