Jesse Jones, formerly from KING 5, is now working for KIRO TV News.
I have a career update.
KIRO 7 has made the decision to close its consumer unit. My last day is October 23rd.
It has been an amazing ten years. I would like to express my gratitude to all the viewers who have watched and supported us.
I also want to give high praise to the fantastic producers and photographers who have done outstanding work over the past decade.
We have made an impact on consumers, both locally and nationally. Elected officials reacted to our reports by writing legislation, and some of those bills became laws.
We helped viewers reduce or eliminate their medical debt, held bad contractors to account, got answers and action from stubborn businesses and facilitated the return of cash, and lots of it, to consumers. Professionally, I have no idea what’s next. Once again, thank you.
It has been an honor and a blessing to serve as your consumer wingman.
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II don’t even watch the news unless it’s a a feel good story or quick weather report for school closures.
Jesse was one of the exceptions. He was our family hero when he not only helped my son and his wife during a traumatic situation involving an unethical business transaction but he’s helped countless others. We, the public, always knew we had an advocate that was willing to help and in our corner when all else failed.
I recently had a work situation where I nearly lost my life and it seems that nobody cares to do a thorough investigation or even make a police report because the PD is so overwhelmed they can’t keep up. They weren’t even going to make a report when it involved a near death experience because of all that what is going on in our world today. Shootings, teen sex trafficking, accidental fentanyl overdoses, and the like are becoming normalized and the forces desensitized and warn out.
I had a reason to ask Jesse for his help on a work matter that ai was lucky to still be alive after. i was deeply saddened to learn that he had been let go. He was one of the last good guys advocating for justice and getting action when we were unable to ourselves.
We need a LOT more Jesse’s, not less. Shame on you KIRO he was the reason we tuned in and now by the likes of all these messages you lost a lot of your viewers.
It is disgusting to see a valuable compassionate person who advocated for others shoved out the door by KIRO who claimed “company consolidation.” Jesse Jones rattled the cages of individuals, and big and small businesses, publicly shaming them to comply with the standards of decency. Jesse Jones taught us to document. Not only is Jesse a teacher he is a tenacious trustworthy investigator. Trustworthy, what an archaic concept.
Because of Jesse Jones grounded core values, Jesse will rise above, and is now free for new adventures.
Bring Jesse Jones back with a higher promotion or employee leave salary✊🏽✊🏻✊🏼✊🏾✊🏿✊
stop with the bigot quid-pro-quo nonsense it’s about equity and fairness and not wealth and greed and racism and inhumane treatment of policies!
It should not be about equity. Jesse Jones was not a DEI hire at KIRO. To my knowledge, KIRO does not push DEI/the race card like KING 5 does. I believe Jesse was let go due to cutbacks $$ plain and simple. I'm surprised he hasn't been snatched up by KCPQ 13.
Amen to every word you said.
The “changes” happening at KIRO-TV don’t surprise me as
I had a bad feeling when they
let Steve Raibel “retire”. Their
News casts seem to be on a loop from the noon news thru
4, 5, 6 &7pm. Why do they bother with 1/2 hr of National
News when they’ve pretty covered that for 41/2 hrs already? Disappointing...
I watched KING 5 for many years, then they started letting go some of my favorite reporters. The only one left I always would watch was Joyce T.
I moved over to watch KIRO 7. Now the teams I always watched are all gone. Laying off/firing Jesse Jones is the final straw. Jesse Jones made it clear he cared. It's to bad KIRO 7 doesn't. Obviously the consumer is not what KIRO 7 seems to care about. We will watch another channel.
Jesse, let everyone know where you land.
Good bye KIRO. Hopefully Jesse will land on any station except for FOX. KOMO? That's my station. The execs at KIRO pay no never mind of their viewers.
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KIRO news is circling the bowl. Look how many went to Channel 13. Very sad management.
Guess how many non-anchor reporters random survey respondents can name in any given TV market. Answer: zero. Jesse was very likely a very, very rare exception to that phenomenon. Unreal.
I'll answer this random survey. Matt Markovich and James Lynch. Oh, wait, neither of them work for tv any longer I believe both are at KIRO FM now.
Jessie you are a legacy, a tradition, a hope, a hero, an inspiration. Will miss your "....Jessie Jones reporting...." will all of that swagger and body english! What a dude you are. The best to you in all of your future endeavors and hoping to see you again somewhere on the small screen. God bless!!!!!
Yikes! Very shortsighted.
I only chose to watch Kiro 7 because of Jesse Jones. I will quickly and swiftly remedy that. What a terrible loss to the viewers of your news channel. I will no longer watch Channel 7 news because of this very uncaring and unprofessional decision. I wish Jesse the very best, and hope he shows up on another local channel. Goodby Kiro 7.