Jessica Seaman

Jessica joined the Post as a health reporter in 2018 and became the K-12 education reporter in 2021. She covered the coronavirus pandemic and her story about a Colorado teen with long COVID was named a Livingston Awards Finalist in 2022. Jessica led the Post’s Crisis Point project, which examined teen suicide in Colorado and published in 2020.

She was named a National Fellow for the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg for her coverage of teen suicide in 2019. A native of North Carolina, Jessica joined The Post after reporting stints in North Carolina and Arkansas. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and enjoys watching the Tar Heels beat Duke during basketball season.