Amanda Jackson - Writer/Producer, CNN Social Discovery
Amanda Jackson
Writer/Producer, CNN Social Discovery
Amanda uses a variety of social media platforms to newsgather for the network and produces content on trending topics. She loves feel-good stories and ones about overcoming adversity.
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Cabin pressure issue on Delta flight causes bloody ears and noses for passengers
Sep 18, 2024
Some Delta Air Lines passengers are recovering after a pressurization issue on a flight from Salt Lake City to Portland caused bloody noses and other issues, according to airline and passenger statements.
2 dead in Maryland house explosion, authorities say
Aug 12, 2024
Two people have died after an apparent house explosion early Sunday in Harford County, Maryland, northeast of Baltimore, officials said in a post on X Sunday night.
Authorities find cell phone of Chicago woman who has been missing in the Bahamas for a week after attending a yoga retreat
Jun 27, 2024
The family of a Chicago woman missing in the Bahamas says they are “deeply concerned” for the safety of the 41-year-old, who traveled to the islands for a yoga retreat.
Spirit Airlines passenger says cabin prepared for a possible water landing after flight suffered an apparent mechanical issue
May 28, 2024
The cabin of a Spirit Airlines flight from Jamaica to Florida became a scene of panic and confusion Sunday when passengers were told to prepare for a possible water landing after the aircraft was turned around due to an apparent mechanical problem, a passenger told CNN.
Strong storms and tornadoes leave at least 3 dead and destroy buildings in Indiana and Ohio
Mar 15, 2024
Damaging storms and tornadoes swept through Indiana and Ohio on Thursday evening, leaving at least three people dead, destroying parts of towns and prompting search and rescue efforts, officials said.
A girl is in critical condition after a fight caught on video shows another girl slamming her head to the ground repeatedly
Mar 15, 2024
A Missouri girl was critically injured with a severe head injury after a fight captured on video near Hazelwood East High School, the St. Louis County Police Department said.
Dozens of artists and speakers pull out of SXSW festival in protest of military and defense industry sponsorships
Mar 13, 2024
Dozens of performers and speakers have canceled appearances at the ongoing South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, in protest of event sponsorship from by the US military and defense companies amid the war between Israel and Hamas.
Sperm whale beached off Florida’s Gulf Coast dies, officials say
Mar 11, 2024
A sperm whale beached off the coast of Venice, Florida, has died following attempts to save it, officials said Monday.
Man arrested after DNA helps crack cold case killing nearly 40 years later as police link him to another case
Mar 9, 2024
For more than 35 years, two families in Virginia have been left without knowing who brutally killed a beloved member of each of their families.
The TSA’s new experiment: Self-service security checks
Mar 7, 2024
Self-checkout annoys many grocery shoppers and causes problems that are prompting numerous major retailers to pull back on using it. But that’s not stopping the Transportation Security Administration from testing a self-service screening system at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas later this month.
3 killed in fiery small-plane crash at mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, officials say
Mar 5, 2024
A preliminary report published Friday morning shows three people were killed Thursday evening in a fiery crash when a small plane smashed into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida.
American Airlines flight forced to return to Albuquerque after a man tried to open the emergency exit, passengers say
Feb 21, 2024
An American Airlines flight was forced to turn around shortly after takeoff from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tuesday after a man tried to open one of the emergency exits, according to passengers on the plane.
‘They’re on the way, buddy,’ Good Samaritan reassures man trapped in wrecked truck during 911 call
Dec 28, 2023
While on the phone with an emergency dispatcher, Nivardo Delatorre reassured a driver pinned in his wrecked pickup truck for days that help was on the way.
Fishermen spotted something shiny near a creek. It was the first step toward a ‘miracle’
Dec 27, 2023
The two men had gone out the day after Christmas, scouting for fishing holes at a creek in northwest Indiana, when something shiny in the distance caught their attention.
