CNBC U.S. Contributors
Jane Wells
Jane Wells develops features, special reports and series for CNBC and CNBC.com. Based in Los Angeles, she also contributes to CNBC's breaking news coverage.
Wells assumed her current role after more than 20 years as a CNBC reporter. Most recently, she covered retail, agriculture and defense as well as reports on California's economy, West Coast real estate and Las Vegas for the network. Wells joined CNBC in 1996, providing special coverage of the O.J. Simpson civil case for "Rivera Live." During her career at the network, Wells also served as a senior correspondent for CNBC's "Upfront Tonight."
Prior to joining CNBC, she was a correspondent for the Fox News Channel and Los Angeles reporter for NBC's flagship television station, WNBC, in New York. Her television news career includes reporter positions with KTTV, Los Angeles; WTVJ, Miami; and KOB, Albuquerque. She has also contributed international reports for CNN.
Wells has received numerous honors for her work, including a 1992 Peabody Award and duPont Award for her role in the live coverage of the Rodney King Trial. That same year, she earned a Los Angeles Emmy Award for her investigative reporting. She also has received UPI, Press Club and Emmy Awards for feature reporting; three Florida Emmy Awards for news reporting; and the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for team reporting.
Wells holds bachelor's degrees in broadcast journalism and philosophy from the University of Southern California, where she graduated with honors. She and her husband have two children and live in Los Angeles.
Follow Jane Wells on Twitter @janewells.
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CNBC's Jane Wells takes a look at whether seismologists can predict earthquakes and the economic costs associated with them.
- By: Jane Wells
MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell had a dream about the perfect pillow. Now he’s a millionaire.
CNBC's Jane Wells, takes a look at the big money behind the fight between Mayweather and McGregor.
Marsha Lindsey's financial advisor thought she had lost her mind.
CNBC's Jane Wells reports from Madras, Oregon, where the coast-to-coast solar eclipse first reaches totality.
CNBC's Jane Wells reports the latest from Madras, Oregon where the solar eclipse shadow will first make landfall.
CNBC's Jane Wells reports the latest from Madras, Oregon where the solar eclipse shadow will first make landfall.
