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About

Jessica Kartalija anchors the 5, 6, and 11 pm newscasts at CBS News Philadelphia. 

She joined the evening team at CBS3 in the fall of 2018.

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She came from CBS Baltimore, where she anchored the 5 pm news.  Prior to Baltimore, she worked in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Yuma, Arizona.

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Although Jessica was born and raised in San Diego, Calif., her family is originally from Pennsylvania. She graduated from The Pennsylvania State University, majoring in Broadcast Journalism and minoring in Spanish. While in college, she completed a semester abroad, living in Sevilla, Spain, and became fluent. 

 

She has a master's degree in Communications from The Johns Hopkins University.

 

Jessica is very involved in the community.  She is on the advisory board of Horizons Greater Philadelphia, a camp for children with cancer.  She has also worked with the Special Olympics, The House of Ruth Maryland, The Women's Initiative Network (WIN) at Kennedy Krieger Institute, and was on the Board of Trustees at the Irvine Nature Center.

 

Viewers can see her in the HBO series Servant and House of Cards on Netflix.  She was also in the movie Transformers.

 

Jessica lives with her husband and son in Radnor.  They have two lab rescues, Luna and Torrey.  On weekends, you can find her on the sidelines at lacrosse games, working on her golf game, reading, and traveling whenever she can!

Education

Johns Hopkins University - Masters, Communication and Media Studies-Branding/Mktg

Pennsylvania State University - Bachelor of Arts, Broadcast Journalism.  Minor in Spanish

University of New Mexico Continuing Education - Advanced Spanish Conversation
 

Experience
Languages

English

Spanish

Skills

Public Speaking

Event Emceeing

Media Training

Public Relations & Marketing

Present: Adjunct Professor - Journalism, Villanova University

2018 - Present: CBS Philadelphia News Anchor

July 2006 - 2018:  WJZ-TV (Baltimore, Md.) - Anchor/Reporter

June 2003 - June 2006:  KASA/KOB-TV(Albuquerque, N.M.)  - Anchor/Reporter 

May 2001 - June 2003:  KYMA-TV (Yuma, Ariz) - Weekend Anchor/Reporter

Jan. 2001:  The Icers' Report (Pennsylvania State University) - Anchor/Reporter

June 2000 - Aug. 2000:  WRC-TV (Washington, D.C.) - Production Assistant 

Jan. 2000 - May 2000:  Study Abroad Program (Sevilla, Spain)

May 1999 - Aug. 1999:  KFMB-TV (San Diego, Calif.) - Investigative Research Team

May 1997 - Aug. 1999:  ESPN (San Diego, Calif.) - X Games Marketing & Communications Assistant

 

Internships
 
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