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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Two Park Police officers cleared in 2017 killing of Bijan Ghaisar on GW Parkway
The Ghaisar family has said the officers violated their own policies by chasing Ghaisar, who was unarmed when they opened fire. The family did receive a $5 million settlement from the government last year in a civil lawsuit alleging wrongful death.
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Teen found near Metro vent in woods was shot to death, police say
The body of an 18-year-old last seen in late October was found in a wooded area near a Metro ventilation shaft for nearly two weeks before being discovered. Tuesday night, police confirmed the body found on Nov. 8 near the Anacostia Station is that of Alexander Pavón-Rios. Pavón-Rios was shot to death, D.C. police esaid. Family members said Pavón-Rios...
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Family safe after fire destroys Barnesville home
An overnight fire in the Barnesville area of Montgomery County destroyed a large family home, despite tanker trucks full of water brought in to fight the blaze. The occupants, three adults and three children, made it to safety from the fast moving fire. Images and radio transmissions from the Montgomery County Fire Department show the large house on Peachtree Road,…
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New evidence in shooting of Maryland celebrity chef
Celebrity chef Tobias Dorzon was shot and robbed in Hyattsville, shocking surveillance video shows. A woman he was with was also shot. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.
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‘Barbarous': Celebrity chef, companion shot in Hyattsville attack caught on camera
Celebrity chef Tobias Dorzon was shot then apparently robbed in Hyattsville, Maryland, shocking surveillance video shows.
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Teen charged in 14th Street NW beating investigated as possible hate crime
D.C. police arrested a teenage boy in the brutal beating of a man last month that’s being investigated as a hate crime.
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Maryland woman accused in $1,000 murder-for-hire plot to kill her ex
A 53-year-old woman from Germantown, Maryland, and a 40-year-old woman from Philadelphia were charged for an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting the 53-year-old’s ex-boyfriend, according to police.
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‘Why would they do that?' Decades-long resident learns he was purged from Virginia voter rolls
A Stafford, Virginia, man learned Thursday that his name has been purged from the state’s voter rolls.
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Group attacks man at DC McDonald's, calls him homophobic slur
A group of as many as 10 to 15 men and women assaulted a gay man at a McDonald’s in Washington, D.C., and called him a homophobic slur, prompting police to investigate the attack as a hate crime.
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How Prince George's police used tech to find a missing senior in dense woods
A Maryland senior citizen is alive and home safe with her family after she wandered away from home into a thickly wooded area for hours Monday. Police told News4 how they used technology to find her.
