Jodie Valade
Jodie Valade is a Digital News and Engagement Editor for WFAE. Since moving to Charlotte in 2015, she has worked as a digital content producer for NASCAR.com and a freelance writer for publications ranging from Charlotte magazine to The Washington Post and New York Times. Before that, Jodie was an award-winning sports features and enterprise reporter at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. She also worked at The Dallas Morning News covering the Dallas Mavericks -- where she became Mark Cuban's lifelong email pen pal -- and at The Kansas City Star.
She has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University and a Master of Education from John Carroll University. She is originally from Rochester Hills, Michigan.
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North Carolina will move into what Gov. Roy Cooper called "Phase 2.5" of coronavirus restrictions on Friday at 5 p.m., he announced Tuesday, allowing...
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North Carolina will remain in Phase 2 of its coronavirus restrictions for at least five more weeks, Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday, as numbers related...
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President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday evening that the RNC will be "forced to seek another state to host" the event that is slated to be held in...
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A second North Carolina person has tested positive for coronavirus, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said Friday. The case is...
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke at a campaign rally at Charlotte’s Belk Theater on Friday ahead of the rapidly approaching North...
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The commission charged with finding the best way to memorialize two students killed and four more injured in an April 30, 2019, classroom shooting at...
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The North Carolina State Board of Elections has added two Republican presidential challengers to Donald Trump on the March 3 primary ballot, the...
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The Carolina Panthers have fired head coach Ron Rivera, the team announced Tuesday. Secondary coach Perry Fewell will take over head coaching duties on...
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Charlotte’s Bojangles’ Coliseum has been awarded the Big South Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships from 2021-23, the conference announced Tuesday.
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Shortly after the NCAA's surprising announcement Tuesday that it would initiate plans for college athletes to earn money off their names and images,...