Meet The Team

Jessica Peres

Jessica Peres joined Action News as the South Valley Bureau Chief in July of 2006. She comes here from New Jersey where she worked as a General Assignment Reporter/ Fill-In Anchor at WZBN-TV. While at WZBN, Jessica covered the 2005 record-breaking murders in Trenton, Delaware River Floods and 2006 Gubernatorial race. She has interviewed victims of Hurricane Katrina who fled to NJ and Montell Williams about his stance on medicinal marijuana.

Jessica began her television career interning for MTV Networks at Nickelodeon's Production Department. While in school she worked for WCVB-TV, the ABC-affiliate in Boston, MA. While at WCVB, Jessica produced two segments for the show Cityline, a weekly magazine show about people of color in the Boston area. She went on to work at NBC10 News in Philadelphia (WCAU) as a production assistant where she grew her passion for news. She landed her first reporting job at WZBN a year later.

Jessica was born and raised in New Jersey. She graduated from Brandeis University with a B.A. in Music. Jessica feels privileged to report the news and tell the stories important to South Valley residents. In her spare time she loves singing karaoke, spending time with friends and working out.

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