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Introduction :
Jessica Formoso, a petite woman with dark hair and dark eyes, is a bilingual reporter for Fox 5 News in New York. She’s reported on a variety of important events throughout her career.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Jessica continues to live on Long Island and got married in May 2017. She has a twin sister, who married two years earlier, in 2015.
- She began her college education in 2006 when she enrolled at Hofstra University, a private school located in Hempstead, New York.
- Quite active in extracurriculars during her time at Hofstra, she joined the university’s student news organization Hofstra News Now.
- She worked as both an anchor and reporter for the student-run network and spent much of her free time producing weekly newscasts, writing news stories, and organizing reports.
- Jessica graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism. While there, she also earned a minor in economics.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
Early Work :
- During her last year of college, Jessica got a job as a production assistant with News 12 Long Island, a local station based in Woodbury.
- She assisted reporters, anchors, and field producers and also edited scripts for accuracy and formatting.
- After graduation, she continued work for News 12, this time at their Spanish channel, News 12 En Español.
- She worked as a bilingual producer, where she translated news stories from English to Spanish, produced web content & maintained the channel’s social media accounts.
Professional Progress :
- After doing freelance work for a while, Formoso took a position as a reporter at News 12 New Jersey. The move was brief, and she soon found herself back in New York.
- In April of 2013, Formoso became a full-time reporter for News 12 the Bronx, where she reported in both Spanish and English. She continued much of the same work she did as a freelancer, this time with the station helping her out on her segments.
- She left News 12 in August 2015 and began working for Fox 5 that same month.
- She covers stories in the tri-state area and has her own series called Our American Dream, where she shares the stories of immigrants who have accomplished the American Dream.
- In February 2018, Jessica was the keynote speaker for the Fourth Annual Alliance Latino Youth Leadership conference, held at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison.
Awards and Recognition :
- In May 2013, Jessica received the Best TV – General News award from the Garden State Journalists Association.
- She is also a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and has received recognition for her series about the American Dream.
- Jessica has a twin sister, who got married in 2015.
- Jessica Formoso Nationality : American
- Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race : Hispanic (Latina)
