Jenna Rae is an Emmy-award winning investigative reporter. She's been in Milwaukee for nearly two years.
Prior to working in Milwaukee, Jenna worked in St. Louis, Missouri and Huntsville, Alabama where she covered several investigative stories. She grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.
While reporting during the pandemic, Jenna reported on the first vaccine inoculation in Alabama. She also broke stories surrounding high case and death counts in several nursing homes across Alabama.
In the Yellowhammer State, Jenna’s investigative reporting led to an EPA investigation into the local 3M plant. After more than a year of reporting and breaking stories on this topic, increased regulations and penalties are now in place to prevent the company from dumping toxic chemicals into the Tennessee River.
In St. Louis, Jenna broke the news of the deadly Amazon Warehouse tornado and reported for national stories on CBS Network.
She also uncovered long-standing issues inside the St. Louis City and County Justice Centers, helped residents get unemployment money and federal assistance from COVID relief money, and also advocated for renters and tenants across the metro who were living in problem properties.
Jenna attended the University of Missouri in Columbia where she graduated with a dual-degree in Political Science and Broadcast Journalism.
Jenna has won an Emmy Award for her investigative reporting into the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee. She also won an Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage of a school shooting in St. Louis. Jenna's been nominated for other Emmy's, Wisconsin Broadcast Association Awards and Milwaukee Press Club Awards.
In her free time, Jenna loves to listen to music, read, go to the lakefront, explore new coffee shops and workout.
Jenna would love to hear from you. Email her at jenna.rae@tmj4.com.
