Jaden Jefferson
@jadenreports.bsky.social
🎥🎤 17-year-old journalist covering Ohio/national politics & policy 🏛️📄 and the economy | Host of 'Behind the Byline' podcast🎙️& writer ✍️ for the Toledo Free Press | Instagram 📸: @jaden_reports | Subscribe to my channel! 📺 ▶️ YouTube.com/JadenReports
It's #ElectionDay. 🗳️ Tonight, I'll be following the:
• Gubernatorial races in New Jersey & Virginia
• Mayoral race in New York City
• Fate of California's Proposition 50
• Gubernatorial races in New Jersey & Virginia
• Mayoral race in New York City
• Fate of California's Proposition 50
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It's #ElectionDay. 🗳️ Tonight, I'll be following the:
• Gubernatorial races in New Jersey & Virginia
• Mayoral race in New York City
• Fate of California's Proposition 50
• Gubernatorial races in New Jersey & Virginia
• Mayoral race in New York City
• Fate of California's Proposition 50
On the latest episode of 'Behind the Byline,' I'm joined by my Toledo Free Press colleague Stephen Zenner. We discussed our journeys into journalism and what it's like being in this field, at the current moment.
Listen 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/7kVp...
Watch 📺: youtu.be/IdmpA5iCIWY
Listen 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/7kVp...
Watch 📺: youtu.be/IdmpA5iCIWY
October 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
On the latest episode of 'Behind the Byline,' I'm joined by my Toledo Free Press colleague Stephen Zenner. We discussed our journeys into journalism and what it's like being in this field, at the current moment.
Listen 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/7kVp...
Watch 📺: youtu.be/IdmpA5iCIWY
Listen 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/7kVp...
Watch 📺: youtu.be/IdmpA5iCIWY
Dr. Robert Alexander — a professor of political science at Bowling Green State University — explains how Democrat Sherrod Brown's 2026 U.S. Senate bid is different from 2024's, which he lost to Republican Bernie Moreno.
Watch ▶️ youtube.com/shorts/Ja3KQ...
Watch ▶️ youtube.com/shorts/Ja3KQ...
October 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Dr. Robert Alexander — a professor of political science at Bowling Green State University — explains how Democrat Sherrod Brown's 2026 U.S. Senate bid is different from 2024's, which he lost to Republican Bernie Moreno.
Watch ▶️ youtube.com/shorts/Ja3KQ...
Watch ▶️ youtube.com/shorts/Ja3KQ...
A majority of Ohioans, in the latest Bowling Green State University-YouGov poll, believe the economy is worse than it was a year ago.
I spoke with Dr. Robert Alexander, a professor of political science at BGSU, to put that in context.
Full interview 🔗: youtu.be/2oGYtM9QqMI?...
I spoke with Dr. Robert Alexander, a professor of political science at BGSU, to put that in context.
Full interview 🔗: youtu.be/2oGYtM9QqMI?...
October 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A majority of Ohioans, in the latest Bowling Green State University-YouGov poll, believe the economy is worse than it was a year ago.
I spoke with Dr. Robert Alexander, a professor of political science at BGSU, to put that in context.
Full interview 🔗: youtu.be/2oGYtM9QqMI?...
I spoke with Dr. Robert Alexander, a professor of political science at BGSU, to put that in context.
Full interview 🔗: youtu.be/2oGYtM9QqMI?...
The U.S. inflation rate was 3% in September, which is elevated, relative to the Federal Reserve target of 2%. I spoke to Bankrate Senior Industry Analyst Ted Rossman, ahead of the release of today's data, about next week's Fed interest rate meeting.
Watch here ➡️ youtu.be/tZaXG4WI8gQ?...
Watch here ➡️ youtu.be/tZaXG4WI8gQ?...
October 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The U.S. inflation rate was 3% in September, which is elevated, relative to the Federal Reserve target of 2%. I spoke to Bankrate Senior Industry Analyst Ted Rossman, ahead of the release of today's data, about next week's Fed interest rate meeting.
Watch here ➡️ youtu.be/tZaXG4WI8gQ?...
Watch here ➡️ youtu.be/tZaXG4WI8gQ?...
The #GovernmentShutdown has stopped the flow of new economic reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — until today. ⬇️
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The #GovernmentShutdown has stopped the flow of new economic reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — until today. ⬇️
In case you missed it ⬇️
I sat down with University of Chicago Professor Steven Durlauf, director of the school's Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, for a comprehensive look at U.S. wealth inequality.
Watch the interview here: youtu.be/8f-ECvXYfWw?...
I sat down with University of Chicago Professor Steven Durlauf, director of the school's Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, for a comprehensive look at U.S. wealth inequality.
Watch the interview here: youtu.be/8f-ECvXYfWw?...
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In case you missed it ⬇️
I sat down with University of Chicago Professor Steven Durlauf, director of the school's Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, for a comprehensive look at U.S. wealth inequality.
Watch the interview here: youtu.be/8f-ECvXYfWw?...
I sat down with University of Chicago Professor Steven Durlauf, director of the school's Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, for a comprehensive look at U.S. wealth inequality.
Watch the interview here: youtu.be/8f-ECvXYfWw?...
Next year, the trade agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico (USMCA) will be renegotiated. So what does the head of America's largest auto union want to see in a new deal? I asked him. ➡️ youtube.com/shorts/6spHU...
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Next year, the trade agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico (USMCA) will be renegotiated. So what does the head of America's largest auto union want to see in a new deal? I asked him. ➡️ youtube.com/shorts/6spHU...
The electric vehicle tax credit is no more. So where does the United Auto Workers stand on that, given China is pushing forward with EVs? I asked the union's president: Shawn Fain.
For the full interview, click here: youtu.be/-LOyfBqLS5E?...
For the full interview, click here: youtu.be/-LOyfBqLS5E?...
October 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The electric vehicle tax credit is no more. So where does the United Auto Workers stand on that, given China is pushing forward with EVs? I asked the union's president: Shawn Fain.
For the full interview, click here: youtu.be/-LOyfBqLS5E?...
For the full interview, click here: youtu.be/-LOyfBqLS5E?...
A significant number of people attended today's 'No Kings' protest in Toledo. Here's what one of them had to say.
October 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A significant number of people attended today's 'No Kings' protest in Toledo. Here's what one of them had to say.
Hundreds have lined Monroe Street for Toledo's "No Kings" protest. I spoke to a couple demonstrators, including one who took a bit of inspiration from those in Portland, as well as the founder and president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee.
October 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Hundreds have lined Monroe Street for Toledo's "No Kings" protest. I spoke to a couple demonstrators, including one who took a bit of inspiration from those in Portland, as well as the founder and president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee.
As for 'Behind the Byline,' the podcast I currently host, it'll continue — but with a new format of journalist-to-journalist conversations.
'TFP Weekend' will adopt Behind the Byline's previous format (interviews focusing on government, business, and education).
'TFP Weekend' will adopt Behind the Byline's previous format (interviews focusing on government, business, and education).
October 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
As for 'Behind the Byline,' the podcast I currently host, it'll continue — but with a new format of journalist-to-journalist conversations.
'TFP Weekend' will adopt Behind the Byline's previous format (interviews focusing on government, business, and education).
'TFP Weekend' will adopt Behind the Byline's previous format (interviews focusing on government, business, and education).
As part of the Toledo Free Press' continued reporting, on November's general election, I spoke to a candidate who — just last week — entered the race for Toledo City Council. Emily Desmond will be the first guest on 'TFP Weekend,' a new podcast debuting soon.
October 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
As part of the Toledo Free Press' continued reporting, on November's general election, I spoke to a candidate who — just last week — entered the race for Toledo City Council. Emily Desmond will be the first guest on 'TFP Weekend,' a new podcast debuting soon.
"I met someone recently ... this man has a wife — his wife is undocumented — and she's not going to church, she's not going to the grocery store, she's not leaving the house." - @brandisfriedman.bsky.social of @wttw.bsky.social on undocumented Chicagoans' fears.
Full video: youtu.be/R4tScwK8EXE?...
Full video: youtu.be/R4tScwK8EXE?...
October 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"I met someone recently ... this man has a wife — his wife is undocumented — and she's not going to church, she's not going to the grocery store, she's not leaving the house." - @brandisfriedman.bsky.social of @wttw.bsky.social on undocumented Chicagoans' fears.
Full video: youtu.be/R4tScwK8EXE?...
Full video: youtu.be/R4tScwK8EXE?...
#ICYMI: Saturday night into the early morning hours of Sunday, multiple regions in Ukraine, according to the country's president, were under bombardment by Russian drones and missiles.
Here's the story.↴
youtu.be/KBMRhzxSlX0?...
Here's the story.↴
youtu.be/KBMRhzxSlX0?...
September 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#ICYMI: Saturday night into the early morning hours of Sunday, multiple regions in Ukraine, according to the country's president, were under bombardment by Russian drones and missiles.
Here's the story.↴
youtu.be/KBMRhzxSlX0?...
Here's the story.↴
youtu.be/KBMRhzxSlX0?...
In case you haven't already, subscribe to the refreshed Toledo Free Press YouTube channel 📺 — where in addition to local stories of substance — you can find video episodes of my podcast 'Behind the Byline.' 🎥🎙️
Link 🔗: YouTube.com/@Toledo_Free_Press
Link 🔗: YouTube.com/@Toledo_Free_Press
September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In case you haven't already, subscribe to the refreshed Toledo Free Press YouTube channel 📺 — where in addition to local stories of substance — you can find video episodes of my podcast 'Behind the Byline.' 🎥🎙️
Link 🔗: YouTube.com/@Toledo_Free_Press
Link 🔗: YouTube.com/@Toledo_Free_Press
In what is another change in tone about the Russia-Ukraine war, President Trump now says — in a Truth Social post — that he thinks Ukraine "is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form."
September 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In what is another change in tone about the Russia-Ukraine war, President Trump now says — in a Truth Social post — that he thinks Ukraine "is in a position to fight and WIN all of Ukraine back in its original form."
#ICYMI: On Sunday, the U.K., Canada, and Australia announced their recognition of a Palestinian state — despite disapproval from Israel — as the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire.
My report > youtu.be/vFQv9VzCdGg?...
My report > youtu.be/vFQv9VzCdGg?...
September 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#ICYMI: On Sunday, the U.K., Canada, and Australia announced their recognition of a Palestinian state — despite disapproval from Israel — as the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire.
My report > youtu.be/vFQv9VzCdGg?...
My report > youtu.be/vFQv9VzCdGg?...
Amid the network/station owner power struggle, between ABC and the largest owners of its local affiliates, I thought I'd reshare my 2023 TEDx talk. In it, I discussed how these large station groups affect local news coverage: youtu.be/kFLgA2Poqvw?...
September 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Amid the network/station owner power struggle, between ABC and the largest owners of its local affiliates, I thought I'd reshare my 2023 TEDx talk. In it, I discussed how these large station groups affect local news coverage: youtu.be/kFLgA2Poqvw?...
On this week's 'Behind the Byline' from the Toledo Free Press, I sit down with City of Toledo Chief Prosecutor Rebecca Facey, for a comprehensive conversation on domestic violence: the stats, red flags, role of social media, and more.
Watch or listen here: toledofreepress.com/chief-prosec...
Watch or listen here: toledofreepress.com/chief-prosec...
September 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
On this week's 'Behind the Byline' from the Toledo Free Press, I sit down with City of Toledo Chief Prosecutor Rebecca Facey, for a comprehensive conversation on domestic violence: the stats, red flags, role of social media, and more.
Watch or listen here: toledofreepress.com/chief-prosec...
Watch or listen here: toledofreepress.com/chief-prosec...
August's inflation data is out. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% last month, putting inflation at 2.9% over the past 12 months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS says the indexes for airline fares, new & used vehicles, and apparel all increased.
September 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
August's inflation data is out. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% last month, putting inflation at 2.9% over the past 12 months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS says the indexes for airline fares, new & used vehicles, and apparel all increased.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) says he has agreed to have the Ohio National Guard "continue supporting" D.C. guard members through November 30th.
September 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) says he has agreed to have the Ohio National Guard "continue supporting" D.C. guard members through November 30th.
In case you missed it, check out my 90-second explainer on next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, which could very well result in an interest rate cut.
Watch here ▶️ youtube.com/shorts/5IY2P...
Watch here ▶️ youtube.com/shorts/5IY2P...
September 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In case you missed it, check out my 90-second explainer on next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting, which could very well result in an interest rate cut.
Watch here ▶️ youtube.com/shorts/5IY2P...
Watch here ▶️ youtube.com/shorts/5IY2P...
In case you missed it, click the link below to watch my latest report on Russia's war in Ukraine.
▶️ youtu.be/QFGnC8fSNZM?...
▶️ youtu.be/QFGnC8fSNZM?...
September 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
In case you missed it, click the link below to watch my latest report on Russia's war in Ukraine.
▶️ youtu.be/QFGnC8fSNZM?...
▶️ youtu.be/QFGnC8fSNZM?...
"The military gap between the U.S. and China is being narrowed." - Dr. Ji Young Choi: Director of East Asian Studies / Associate Professor of Politics & Government, Ohio Wesleyan University
Full interview 📺: youtu.be/fJVXWZXz5eo?...
Full interview 📺: youtu.be/fJVXWZXz5eo?...
September 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"The military gap between the U.S. and China is being narrowed." - Dr. Ji Young Choi: Director of East Asian Studies / Associate Professor of Politics & Government, Ohio Wesleyan University
Full interview 📺: youtu.be/fJVXWZXz5eo?...
Full interview 📺: youtu.be/fJVXWZXz5eo?...