Jason Whiteley is WFAA’s senior political reporter. He is the host of Inside Texas Politics, which airs across the state on Sundays, and co-host of the political podcast Y’all-itics.
Jason Whiteley is a senior political reporter at WFAA in Dallas/Fort Worth and writes the weekly political TV show Inside Texas Politics, which airs across the state every Sunday morning on 11 Texas television stations. ” host. Jason is also the co-host of the Y’all-itics political podcast, which has been downloaded over 1 million times.
Jason’s latest documentary premiered at the 2022 Dallas International Film Festival. Entitled “LET US DIE,” the book explores how a chance encounter between an old desk used at a real estate sale and a Hollywood star unravels one of the last untold stories of World War II. It details how it exposes war crimes committed by Russian soldiers decades ago. The three-year project took him to England, Germany and Poland.
In 2018, Jason co-produced the documentary “Discovering the DeKooning.” This half-hour special with exclusive content reveals for the first time many new clues about $165 million worth of stolen paintings discovered behind a widow’s bedroom door in rural New Mexico. did. The painting was taken from the University of Arizona Art Museum in 1985 by a brazen thief.
In addition to politics, Jason also covers aviation for American Airlines and Southwest Airlines based in Dallas and Fort Worth. Jason witnessed five executions of death row inmates in Texas and produced live coverage from 11 hurricanes.
Jason’s reporting has won more than 20 awards, including 26 Emmy Awards, five Edward R. Murrow Awards, and the Headliners Foundation. Jason won the Emmy Award for Best General Reporter in 2019, 2018, 2017, 2010 and 2005. In 2023, D Magazine named Jason the Best Television Broadcaster in its annual Best of Big D list.
Jason earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Western Kentucky University.
Before coming to Dallas, he worked as a broadcast news reporter at television stations in Houston, St. Louis, and Nashville.
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