Jessica Yellin
Jessica Yellin | |
|---|---|
 (August 23, 2008 in Springfield, Illinois) | |
| Born | Jessica Yellin February 25, 1971 |
| Education | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
Jessica Yellin (born February 25, 1971 in Los Angeles, California) is a political reporter for CNN, covering Capitol Hill. [1] Currently, Yellin also covers the United States Presidential Election, 2008 for the network, she frequently shares air time with Dana Bash and John King.
Career
Yellin previously served as White House correspondent for the ABC News program Good Morning America, and ABC News. Yellin worked at ABC News from July 2003 to August 2007. She also previously worked for MSNBC. Before that, Yellin was a reporter for WTVT in Tampa, Florida, and anchor/reporter for Central Florida News 13 in Orlando, Florida. Yellin moved to CNN in July 2007.
Education
Yellin attended St. Augustine-by-the-Sea elementary school (now named Crossroads Elementary, of the Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences) in Santa Monica, CA. She was president of her high school graduating class at The Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles. She graduated Harvard University magna cum laude and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Career highlights and controversies
"Hologram" appearance
On the night of the 2008 presidential election, CNN's Wolf Blitzer pretended Jessica Yellin was projected as a life-size "hologram" into the studio where Wolf Blitzer was being filmed, live. The two appeared to converse directly, although Yellin was in Illinois, and Blitzer was in New York. During the conversation, Yellin explained that she was enclosed in a special tent with 35 high-definition cameras that were filming her in a 360-degree fashion. However, her appearance of standing in the room was merely added for television audiences much like a blue screen projection, with Blitzer simply looking at a monitor showing her presence. Calling this technique "holography" was just an "artistic license", in fact it had more in common with tomography, as her picture was then computer synchronized (with special effects added), to the camera movement, and inserted into the TV picture. The technology to project a life size hologram in real time does not exist yet. [2][3]
Bill Clinton, Sarah Palin and The Bailout
During her coverage of the 2008 presidential election, Yellin covered key stories on Bill Clinton,[4] Sarah Palin,[5] and the US economy.[6]
Iraq War coverage
While appearing on CNN Anderson Cooper 360 program on May 28th, 2008, Yellin admitted to having been pressured by her former employer, MSNBC, to avoid negative reporting and report favorably on the war in Iraq in the run-up to it.[7] Yellin later clarified her comments, and some speculate about pressure from her employers with regard to these matters.[8]
References
- ^ mediabistro.com: TVNewser
- ^ CNN Video of the exchange between Blitzer and a hologram of Yellin
- ^ CNN Scores Early With Jessica Yellin, the Hologram, Baltimore Sun Blog
- ^ http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/01/jessica_yellin_getting_yelled.html "Jessica Yellin: Getting Yelled at by Bill Clinton So You Don't Have To"
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/21/palin.rape.exams/?iref=hpmostpop "Palin Rape Exam"
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/26/gop-house-leader-says-mcc_n_129654.html "GOP House Leader Says McCain 'Got The Discussion Going In The Direction That We Wanted'"
- ^ "TV news under the microscope"
- ^ Jessica Yellin 180, Huffington Post
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