#BetterTogether: CBS New York partners with Race for the Cure
Thousands of racers raised money to fight breast cancer at the first Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in four years.
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.
Thousands of racers raised money to fight breast cancer at the first Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in four years.
The Association to Benefit Children specializes in serving vulnerable children, including those seeking asylum.
Here at CBS New York we believe we are #BetterTogether, so we teamed up with Big Russ Barber Shop in Harlem, New York Common Pantry and Harlem Mothers and Fathers SAVE to offer back-to-school haircuts and supplies for Harlem families.
As New York City students head back to school this week, CBS New York is making their year #BetterTogether with our community partner Big Russ Barber Shop in Harlem.
Bergen County was full of families shopping back-to-school sales during the holiday weekend.
New bins outside 14 schools are part of a pilot program to block rats' access to trash.
Save Harlem Now! led the effort ahead of the famed civil rights demonstration's 60th anniversary.
A Harlem apartment building was once the national headquarters for the March on Washington, and where the majority of the planning and organizing took place.
The team's name and logo was revealed at a Central Park clinic on Sunday.
The East Harlem food pantry has seen more new migrants seeking services in two months than all of last year.
Neighbors burdened by an oversaturation of drug treatment facilities may finally feel some relief.
The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce hosted the event with a mix of entertainment and important information.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat and environmental activists showed the lack of access to waterways compared to Lower Manhattan.
Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center to be bulldozed and replaced by a new clinic in an affordable housing tower.
Patrons are required to ask for cutlery to help cut down on the estimated 36 million pounds of plastic used yearly.