Articles by Jess Aloe

Jess Aloe graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2009, with a degree in Writing Seminars. She worked several jobs after leaving college: high school English teacher, editor at a public policy nonprofit, business development at an adtech startup and nanny.


Since beginning at Emerson, she's worked at the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. While there, she played a vital role in a major investigation into private mortgage insurance. She also worked on stories about wetlands management, flood insurance, and helped develop multimedia strategy.


She's also worked at Commonwealth Magazine, writing stories on a variety of public policy and political issues, and as a radio reporter and producer for WERS, anchoring news breaks and reporting and producing long-form segments for the station's award-winning public affairs show, You Are Here.


In her spare time, she enjoys yoga, spicy cocktails, riding bicycles, mountains, hiking and trying to teach herself coding.