Harlem bank branch improves financial equity through nonprofit partnership
The Hope Inside Center located in a Wells Fargo has helped more than 80 neighbors on the path to financial freedom.
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 Hope Inside Center located in a Wells Fargo has helped more than 80 neighbors on the path to financial freedom.
Soon, the 110-year-old site will start new life as "Seneca," a $90 million project to bring 105 units of housing to the area.
Dozens were displaced after a courtyard burst into flames on New Year's Eve, igniting three walls of apartments.
Thousands of pounds of confetti will be released at midnight, containing wishes from people who submitted them at the New Year's Eve Wishing Wall.
People lined up Thursday to say farewell to everything bad about 2023.
The seven-day holiday celebrates African-American culture and principles that bring together the community.
Crowds dressed festively in purple celebrated the release of the reimagined version of a classic film.
The hospital system's newest building acts as a one-stop health shop for the Harlem community.
After his death this week, Andre Braugher's final message is sending posthumous support to the Classical Theatre of Harlem.
A crew turned on the new boiler Friday for a group of buildings on West 118th Street.
A crew continues to bring new parts to fix a boiler that broke more than a month ago.
A crew arrived with a new boiler Friday after a group of Harlem neighbors spent a month without hot water or heat.
Artist Paul Deo is adding augmented reality to his iconic Planet Harlem mural, allowing the wall to speak for itself.
Students engaged in arts education at Wadleigh Secondary School also learn coding through Code Nation.
A set of four apartment buildings on West 118th Street have not had hot water or heat all of November.