Jessica Dean
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: April 4, 2013
Jessica Dean co-anchors KARK 4's 5, 6 & 10PM weeknight newscasts. She joined the weeknight team in October 2011, just over one year after joining us as weekend anchor in September 2010.
Since
2006, Jessica, a Little Rock native, has interviewed hundreds of
Arkansas news makers from celebrities to everyday people. Prior to
working here, Jessica spent three and a half years at KATV Channel 7
in Little Rock as a reporter and Saturday Daybreak co-anchor. She was
also the "Choose Your News" correspondent, using social media and
technology to incorporate viewers into everyday news gathering. Before
that, Jessica worked as a reporter and fill-in anchor at KFTA/KNWA in
Fayetteville and Fort Smith.
Jessica graduated Cum Laude in 2006
from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles with a degree
in broadcast journalism. During her time in Los Angeles, Jessica
interned at NBC News for Dateline NBC, assisting with interviews of
Ellen DeGeneres and the cast of "Meet the Fockers," among others. She
also spent time studying in Madrid, Spain.
As a native Arkansan,
Jessica loves being back in her home state where she can tell the
stories of her fellow Arkansans. When she's not working, Jessica loves
to travel, read and try out as many restaurants as possible. She and her
husband, Blake, live in Little Rock with their beloved dog, Finn.
Click here to email Jessica if you'd like to send a story idea or just say hello.
