Julie Carey is the Northern Virginia Bureau Chief for News4.
Carey has been covering Northern Virginia since joining News4 in 1992. Her reporting has taken her all over the commonwealth, including Richmond, where she has covered the governor, the general assembly, and every election since 1993. She is frequently called upon to participate in political debates involving Virginia candidates.
Carey has also done extensive reporting on issues of regional interest, including sex offenders, child abuse, and the integration of women into the Virginia Military Institute. In the late 1990s, she provided daily coverage of the Kenneth Starr grand jury investigations and the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. She has also been the lead reporter on some high-profile regional trials, including those of George Huguely and sniper suspect Lee Malvo.
Prior to joining News4, Carey reported for KSDK-TV in St. Louis, WTHR-TV in Indianapolis, and KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she began her career. She graduated from Indiana University with a journalism degree.
Carey was raised in Iowa in a family of journalists. She and her husband, the managing editor for Bloomberg, live in Alexandria. Her son and daughter, both graduates of what is now known as Alexandria City High School, are attending college.
Carey is active as a volunteer in Alexandria Public Schools and in her church.
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Second suspect arrested in Loudoun County teen's killing
A Loudoun County teenager is under arrest and charged with murder in a weekend shooting that killed a 16-year-old. The victim was found in an SUV in the parking lot of a Harris Teeter grocery store in Ashburn, Virginia.
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How Stafford County teachers fight chronic absenteeism, one phone call at a time
One might call it a teacher telethon. Twice this semester, North Stafford High School teachers used their free time or scheduled substitutes to call parents about their child’s excessive absences. Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism has remained an ongoing problem at many schools nationwide. During the 2023-2024 academic year, North Stafford’s chronic absenteeism rate dropped from 30% to 19% with…
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19-year-old charged with killing teen found dead in SUV in Ashburn parking lot
A Loudoun County teenager is under arrest and charged with murder in a weekend shooting that killed a 16-year-old. The victim was found in an SUV in the parking lot of a Harris Teeter grocery store in Ashburn, Virginia.
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Police address fighting concerns in Clarendon
Police are addressing nighttime fighting — an increasing problem in the Clarendon section of Arlington, Virginia. Surveillance video shows three people involved in a fight and police moving in to break it up. In the same area in March, police were called to a restaurant for a fight. Three people were arrested. Across the street in late February, Bar Bao…
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Earle-Sears vs. Spanberger: Virginia governor's race set without ‘Trump in heels,' ex-delegate
The Virginia governor’s race is now set after a candidate who often called herself “Trump in heels” as well as a former state delegate did not qualify for the ballot. Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears will face Democratic nominee and former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger. The Republican Party of Virginia said Saturday that Earle-Sears was the sole candidate to qualify...
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‘I'm trying to help you!' Teacher jumps into Inner Harbor to save boy, father
The St. Agnes school community in Arlington, Virginia, is buzzing about a teacher’s heroic actions during a field trip to Baltimore.
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Arlington teacher saves father and son from drowning
Students from St. Agnes School in Arlington were on a field trip to Baltimore when science teacher T.J. O’Leary sprang into action to save a father and son from the water. News4’s Julie Carey reports.
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Loudoun County sheriff's new agreement with ICE concerns immigration advocates
The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is the first Northern Virginia jail to enter into a special agreement with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to give federal agents more time to pick up people who have detainers, but some community groups are pushing back against the new policy. On Thursday, Democrats and groups supporting the immigrant community protested the sheriff’s...
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‘I won't have anywhere to go': Temporary overnight shelter closes in Reston
A temporary overnight shelter that opened in Reston last summer — just before a tent encampment was cleared out — closed its doors Tuesday. Now advocates for unhoused people are expressing deep concern. The shelter was opened around the time that a large tent encampment was dismantled. Since late last July, the doors opened every evening at 5 p.m. for…
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Reston overnight shelter closes months after tent encampment cleared
Fairfax County officials say all along the plan was to close it April 1, which is the end of the season for hypothermia shelters. But advocated say they had a different expectation. News4’s Julie Carey reports.
