CNN’s Jessica Dean promoted to news presenter

Jessica Dean has been promoted to a primetime presenter, CNN announced today.

She will host the primetime weekend edition of CNN Newsroom based in New York City, while continuing her extensive political reporting.

Dean previously served as a congressional correspondent on Capitol Hill, while also serving as a substitute presenter for CNN’s dayside programming on CNN News Central, CNN Newsroom, CNN This Morning, Inside Politics and more.

She recently led coverage of the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.

Dean joined CNN in 2018 as a Washington correspondent. Prior to that, she worked at KYW-TV in Philadelphia where she co-anchored the weekday evening newscasts.

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