Harlem's historic 125th Street library branch reopens after renovations
The landmarked library branch in Harlem underwent a $34.4 million renovation from top to bottom.
Jessi Mitchell joined the CBS News New York team as a multi-skilled journalist in October 2021, focusing her reporting in Harlem. Nightly, she also anchors the 8pm Atlanta Now News on the CBS-owned station, Atlanta 69.
Jessi spent two years in the CBS News Atlanta bureau, where she won a national Emmy for her work covering major breaking news stories like the Atlanta spa shootings, the Christmas Day explosion in downtown Nashville, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia, and natural disasters including deadly flooding, tornadoes and hurricanes.
Prior to joining CBS News, Jessi spent seven years as a multimedia journalist and anchor in Oklahoma City, Colorado Springs, and Columbus, Georgia. Her time in local news sparked a passion for helping others through storytelling, highlighting issues affecting minority communities, homeless populations, and domestic violence survivors.
Jessi was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Atlanta. She attended Hampton University on a full academic scholarship and was captain of the women's golf team. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Spanish.
Jessi is an active member of SGI-USA, the most diverse Buddhist community in the United States. She is also a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, a contributor to the Women In Golf Foundation and the Hampton University Alumni Association. In 2023, Jessi was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Hampton's Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications.
Jessi is an avid sneaker collector and golfer, and she enjoys hot yoga and taking long walks with her dog Scotty.
If you have a story idea for Jessi, email her at harlemtip@cbs.com.
The landmarked library branch in Harlem underwent a $34.4 million renovation from top to bottom.
A Harlem preschool teacher was honored Monday for his three decades of serving students, some as young as 3 years old.
For sixty years, the soul of East Harlem has spun the globe through sound, amplified by Fania Records.
Four members of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church filed a lawsuit Friday, claiming flaws with the process to select a new senior pastor.
A Harlem poll site coordinator with special needs is empowering others like him to get out and vote on Election Day.
East Harlem's Sendero Verde is setting a new standard in sustainability for affordable housing.
Curators of Harlem Sculpture Gardens are revealing their research into climate change on Uptown parks.
The HOPE Inside Center within the Harlem Wells Fargo has helped more than 500 people increase savings and decrease debt for free.
The UN Summit of the Future features a series of discussions focusing on Afrofuturism with an accompanying art exhibit in Harlem.
Harlem hosted thousands for the 55th Annual African-American Day Parade on Sunday.
This weekend, the HOPE in Harlem Conference will encourage mental health care among young people through sports.
This New York Fashion Week, one runway features a special showcase of creations coming out of SoHarlem, Inc.
This year CCCADI in East Harlem honors Haiti as the first Black independent nation.
A 16-year-old is accused of shooting two other teenagers Friday night outside a high school football game in Wayne, New Jersey.
A New York City artist returned to her childhood favorite restaurant to restore a ceiling mural damaged in a flood.