Profile: Cara Jones

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Cara Jones

member since March 12, 2010

About Cara Jones

Cara Jones is a multiple Emmy Award winning writer, reporter, and producer with vast experience in using video to tell compelling, inspiring human-interest stories. She has more than a decade of experience in broadcast journalism and has reported for network affiliates in Southwest Florida, Boston and the San Francisco Bay Area. Having been frustrated by the tragedy focused and negative nature of local news, she seeks to use her skills to tell personal stories that move and inspire. She founded Storytellers for Good in 2009.  Cara is a graduate of Princeton University with a degree in public policy. She volunteers with the Big Sister Association, 826 Valencia and has raised funds for cancer research in connection with her running the Boston Marathon. She speaks Spanish and has back-packed through South America, Europe, and India. Cara is also a life coach and yoga instructor.

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