Professional Experience:

I started my news journey at my hometown York Daily Record and built that newspaper's first website in 1995.

I worked in Philadelphia, Dallas and north Jersey before landing at WRAL.

I try to represent the public, to explain what they want and need to know, and to make it most easy to grasp.

National Eppy (at DallasNews.com), national Edward R. Murrow award for outstanding web site (WRAL.com)

Multiple regional Emmys and Murrows in categories ranging from breaking news to community event to innovation and interactivity.

Master's of Journalism from Temple University

Husband, Luke, two grown stepdaughters - one in New Zealand and one here in Raleigh.

Likes best about North Carolina:

I love a day trip, and you can get to cities, small towns, farms, mountains and, of course, the beach from my home in Raleigh. My husband and I are working on a project to visit each of North Carolina's 100 counties.

Most memorable assignments:

9/11 was certainly the story that changed the world. I worked overnights in Dallas at the time and remember cots brought in because no one went home for weeks.

On a lighter note, I am especially proud to have been on the startup team for HighSchoolOT Live, a red zone-like show that offers live streams and highlights from football games across the state.

Jodi Leese Glusco

Jodi Glusco head shot

A blowtorch did little to melt a frozen water fountain in Virginia Beach, VA.

Caught on cam: Crew tries to melt frozen fountain with blowtorch

Snow was starting to accumulate on grass in Rocky Mount as Prime Steakhouse prepared for the dinner shift.

YOU WANT TO STAY INSIDE. >> IF YOU CAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GRANT SHAPPS A LITTLE SNOW IS ALREADY FALLING IN OUR EASTERN COUNTIES. THAT INCLUDES ROCKY MOUNT MILLS. KIRSTIN CLARK IS LIVE AT ROCKY MOUNT MILLS NOW. KIRSTEN, HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING OUT THERE? >> YEAH, ERICA, AS YOU MENTIONED, WERE HERE OUT OF ROCKY MOUNT MILLS. WE'RE EVEN SEEING SNOW FLURRIES FALLING FOR IT CONSISTENTLY FOR THE PAST 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR NOW THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, WE SAW THOSE FLURRIES STOPPING AND STARTING AT THIS POINT, YOU CAN SEE THE SNOW STARTING TO STICK TO THE GROUND. IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRASS HERE BEHIND ME, YOU CAN SEE JUST A LIGHT DUSTING HERE ON THE GROUND. NOW GRILL WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT MOST NOTABLY OUT HERE IS THE COLD AND THE WIND. IT'S ALREADY COLD. BUT THE WIND IS MAKING IT EVEN COLDER OUT HERE. NOW. HOW DO YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROAD? WE'VE BEEN SEEING THE SNOW BLOWING ON THE ROAD HERE. YOU CAN SEE SOME CARS OUT HERE. NOTHING REALLY STICKING TO THE ROADS JUST YET. BUT AGAIN, IT IS COLD. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THAT SNOW STICKING JUST MOMENTS AGO WE SPOKE WITH THE OWNER OF PRIME SMOKEHOUSE HERE IN ROCKY MOUNT. KNOW SHE WAS HEADING INTO WORK. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY. >> ISN'T THIS REALLY NICE? YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO PUT THAT MAKE ME SAD HOME. SO WE ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND THEM AS YOU THE PRIME SMOKEHOUSE AT THE PARK OWNER WITH MY HUSBAND AND WILEY. >> AND WE'RE OFF OF THAT BUSINESS. SO I WAS OUT AND ABOUT DOING WHAT I NEED TO DO. AND NOW I'M BACK TO WORK. >> SO YOU HEARD THERE ENJOYING THE SNOW FLURRIES RIGHT NOW. SHE DID SAY THAT SAFETY IS THE TOP PRIORITY. SO IF CONDITIONS DO WORSE AND ESPECIALLY ON THE ROAD, SHE WILL RECONSIDER THOSE BUSINESS HOURS AND SEND WORKERS HOME IF NEED BE AGAIN, PRIORITIZING THEIR SAFETY. FOR NOW. SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS LIVE IN ROCKY MOUNT.

Restaurateur ready to serve as flakes fly in Rocky Mount

Grocery stores reported three times the usual foot traffic on Saturday as snow began to fall in Raleigh.

THAT RUSH OF PEOPLE? >> OH, YES, DEFINITELY. YOU KNOW, YOU EXPECT THE GROCERY STORE TO BE BUSY. AND YES, YOU EXPECT PEOPLE TO BUY MILK AND BREAD. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IS REALLY IN DEMAND? ROTISSERIE CHICKENS, THE FOOD LION HERE ON WESTERN HAS SOLD HUNDREDS OF ROTISSERIE CHICKENS. >> AND THAT'S EVEN WHAT KIDS WANT. >> I WANT TO GET THE MOST CHICKEN. SO WE HAVE TOILET PAPER AND JUST SOME FRUITS, SOME SNACKS TO HOLD US OVER. I'M READY FOR IT TO BE OVER. I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT MEANS LIKE NO SCHOOL AND ALSO LIKE TO PLAY IN ICE AND SNOW. >> SHE ALSO LIKES TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, THE FOOD LION HERE ON WESTERN BOULEVARD WILL SOON BE RESTOCKED TRUCKS ARRIVING LATER TODAY OR TOMORROW. THE STORE HAS CALLED IN ADDITIONAL 10 EMPLOYEES OR ASSOCIATES TO HELP. AND IT'S A GOOD THING. THEY DO HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF THE STORY HERE IS 3 TIMES BUSIER TODAY THAN ON A NORMAL SATURDAY. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE AS IT IS. SNOWING AND IT IS BUSY.

TP, chicken are hot items as families stock up for snow days

In Huntersville, North Carolina, children enjoy playing in the snow. 

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Caught on cam: Kids enjoy NC snow day

Snow day Jan. 31, 2026

North Carolina is under a winter storm warning with some areas expected to get up to 8 inches of snow.

Almost 200 collisions on snowy roads Saturday morning

Snow driving

Pledge right now to provide warm winter wear to children in the Triangle and eastern NC.

Coats for the Children: Donate today

Michelle Mackonochie - familiar to WRAL viewers after five years as part of the morning news team - will anchor the 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. newscasts with Dan Haggerty, and the 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Gerald Owens. 

Jodi Leese Glusco

Recent Work

Watch · 0:45Caught on cam: Crew tries to melt frozen fountain with blowtorch

Watch · 1:40Restaurateur ready to serve as flakes fly in Rocky Mount

Watch · 1:11TP, chicken are hot items as families stock up for snow days

Watch · 0:50Caught on cam: Kids enjoy NC snow day

Watch · 0:49Almost 200 collisions on snowy roads Saturday morning