Jackie Bensen is a general assignment reporter for News4. She specializes in reporting breaking news, mostly for News4 at 11.
Bensen joined News4 in 1999 after spending 12 years at WTTG-TV in a variety of roles including news writer, special projects producer and, for the last few years, general assignment reporter. She has also worked for Media General's cable channel and in the Washington Bureau of Outlet Communications.
Bensen is frequently called upon to speak at community and public safety events. She has been a guest lecturer at the FBI's National Training Academy in Quantico. She has also served as grand marshal of the Montgomery County Humane Society's Walk in the Park and the City of Rockville Memorial Day Parade.
A Philadelphia native, Bensen came to Washington to attend American University where she earned a Master's Degree in Journalism and Public Affairs. She has an undergraduate degree in English Literature from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa.
Bensen and her family live in Montgomery County.
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Puppy needs $10K surgery after being shot in Northwest DC
A dog shot outside his Southwest D.C. home Thursday night now needs expensive surgery. Dwight Foster’s 10-month-old shepherd-lab mix Double O was shot three time in the 200 block of L Street SW. The dog survived but needs jaw surgery that costs more than $10,000. Foster is a senior citizen living on a fixed income. “He means the world to…
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4-month-old girl left on porch after being taken in Georgetown car theft
A 4-month-old girl was found after being taken in a car theft in Georgetown, D.C. police confirmed. The white Jeep SUV with a missing gas cap door was taken from the 3000 block of M Street NW about 6 p.m. on a bitter cold winter evening. The baby’s mother left the car running while she went inside a Le...
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Do you recognize this dog? Pennsylvania spaniel found in Maryland
The missing dog went from Southeastern Pennsylvania and down into Frederick County, Maryland, avoiding cages until she was taken in by a 15-year-old volunteer.
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‘Ashlei was amazing': Suspect arrested as 18-year-old killed at DC hotel party is remembered
Police arrested a suspect in the shooting death of an 18-year-old woman at a hotel in Friendship Heights — Washington, D.C.’s first reported homicide of 2024.
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Bullet flies into Northwest DC home after man is robbed of Canada Goose jacket
A shooting in the Ledroit Park neighborhood of Northwest D.C. sent a bullet flying through the window of a home after a man was robbed of his Canada Goose jacket. The robbery occurred on Elm Street. Moments later, gunshots rang out at Fifth and T streets. A bullet tore through a bedroom window at about 4:30 p.m. on Monday,...
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Slain former college basketball standout mourned at vigil
A man killed with an AR-15 at a D.C. bus stop Tuesday morning had been a standout basketball player in high school and college. Friends and family mourned 27-year-old Tyvez Monroe at a vigil Saturday evening in Alexandria, Virginia. Monroe was sitting at a bus stop outside the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station in Southwest D.C. when 36-year-old Deonte Spicer...
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Off-duty police officer carjacked while with family near Oxon Hill outlet mall
An off-duty police officer was with family when he was carjacked near the Tanger Outlets at National Harbor in Prince George’s County and fired shots at the carjackers as they fled, police say. Police cruisers responded to the scene and surrounded an office building across from the Tanger Outlets at around 5 p.m. It’s not clear why the off-duty police...
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‘You won't get this child': Family fights off pit bull mauling 8-year-old girl
A loose pit bull mauled an 8-year-old girl on her front doorstep in Prince George’s County, Maryland, Tuesday, alarming and outraging her family and neighbors. A doorbell camera shows Christina Jefferson being dragged off the front steps of her family’s home on 27th Avenue in Hillcrest Heights by a large, gray pit bull. Christina had just returned from school...
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‘Learn when to shut up': DC couple celebrates 75th anniversary
A large, loving family gathered in Northwest D.C. Thursday night to celebrate a rare milestone: a 75th wedding anniversary. Vincent and Clementine Hawkins’ family includes their six children; dozens of grandchildren; great grandchildren; great-great grandchildren; and one, tiny great-great-great grandchild. Vincent and Clementine both were born in the District, and theirs was a teenage romance. More than one young...
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3 people hit by car outside Rockville courthouse; search for suspect underway
Three people were hit by a car outside a courthouse in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Thursday after police believe the driver had just left a hearing connected to the crash victims. The search for the suspect is ongoing. The victims are a 79-year-old woman and young men age 18 and 22, Rockville police said. The 22-year-old was released from the…
