Jessica Holly
Jessica Holly
Jessica Holly is an Anchor and Reporter for the WSVN-TV Miami, Florida. She left New Orleans, Louisiana, where she was also an anchor and reporter to work in South Florida. [1] She is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Career
Jessica Holly started her career behind the scenes as a camera operator and worked her way up to become a prime time anchor in multiple markets.
Through the years, Jessica has worked in just about every capacity of television news.
She has covered very important topics during the course of her career, topics like Hurricane Katrina, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and a vast range of others.
Jessica spent several years exploring the latest developments in health and medical news.
During that time she was able to document and share many courageous battles including a teenager’s long wait for a heart and lung transplant.
She has been awarded multiple times by the Associated Press and other organizations for her work in anchoring and reporting.
Her adventures as a journalist have also taken her high into the sky with the Navy’s Blue Angels and deep into a simulated war zone at the U.S.
Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center.
Education
Holly graduated from Leesville High School, Leesville, Louisiana, in year 1990, she then went further to bag her first degree in Bachelor of Arts (BA) Communication and Media Studies from Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana.[2]
Personal
She was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Jessica loves and cares for animals, especially lost, injured and forgotten animals.
She spends time with her dog Lucy.
Lucy is a 3-legged rescue laboratory mix, a cancer survivor and an inspiration for everyone.
Her twitter handle is (@JhollyW).[6]
Articles
She has written over 569 articles[4], her most recent ones include:
Miami-Dade begins fractured reopening; Fort Lauderdale considers partial Las Olas closing for restaurants
What to expect when restaurants, retailers reopen in South Florida
Miami-Dade targeting May 18 for initial reopening
Thieves target nearly 2 dozen vehicles at Coconut Grove fire station
15-year-old girl dies after being shot in the head in Miami
An excerpt from her article concerning the disheartening death of the 15 year-old girl that was shot in the head:
The tragedy that took the life of Arya Gray has left family members angry and heartbroken.
“She was a beautiful girl. She had her whole life ahead of her,” said her uncle, Sergio Rastelli, as he fought back tears. [5]