Jesse James DeConto

Jesse James DeConto

Contributor, Cardinal & Pine

is an award-winning journalist and songwriter in Durham, N.C. He covered local government, crime and courts for The News & Observer in Raleigh and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Atlantic and publications across the U.S.

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Coronavirus Rapper J. Cole performs during halftime during the NBA All-Star game in 2019 in Charlotte. Coronavirus forced the Fayetteville native to cancel his North Carolina music festival Dreamville in 2020. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Coronavirus A Silenced Year: How North Carolina’s Once-Booming Music Industry is Coping With Coronavirus

The pandemic upended an industry dependent on touring revenues, forcing artists, venues and fans alike to adapt.

Jesse James DeConto Jesse James DeConto March 25, 2021 8:00 am EDT
Coronavirus For the past three years, the U.S. has been in a public health emergency because of COVID-19. It ended today. (Image via NC DPS)
Coronavirus Gov. Roy Cooper on COVID-19 Surge: “We Are in Danger.”

Gov. Roy Cooper moved Monday to close loopholes in the state’s mask mandate and require masks in indoor settings, as well as outdoors when with non-household members.

Jesse James DeConto Jesse James DeConto November 23, 2020 5:33 pm EST
Coronavirus NC DHHS Sec. Mandy Cohen, here at a Thursday press conference on COVID-19, is among those being considered to join the Biden Administration. (Image via NC DPS)
Coronavirus NC DHHS Sec. Mandy Cohen Could Be Heading to the Biden Administration Soon

Mandy Cohen has been the face of NC's COVID-19 response. But she is on a short list of people that might head to Biden’s federal health agency.

Jesse James DeConto Jesse James DeConto November 13, 2020 11:19 am EST
Elections Nida Allam (center) became the first Muslim woman elected to office in North Carolina. (Image via Facebook)
Elections ‘A Really Powerful Witness’: How Nida Allam Became NC’s First Muslim Woman in Elected Office

From tragedy to advocacy to the 2020 election, behind her rise to becoming a trailblazer in NC politics with big goals.

Jesse James DeConto Jesse James DeConto November 9, 2020 3:33 pm EST
Coronavirus A drive-up patient is assisted with testing at a community coronavirus test site operated by Cone Health and the county Health Department in Burlington in July. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Coronavirus NC Facing Highest COVID-19 Numbers Yet

Coronavirus cases are surging in NC, alarming officials as colder weather sets in and people grow weary of restrictions.

Jesse James DeConto Jesse James DeConto October 30, 2020 11:33 am EDT

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There are plenty of upcoming Walk to End Alzheimer's events in NC. (Shutterstock) community North Carolinians are Walking to End Alzheimer’s. Here’s How You Can Join Them.
In the latest episode of "Leah Tries," C&P's Leah Sherrell visits a Chilean-inspired food truck in the Triad. (Image via screenshot) Video ‘I Demolished It’: Taste-Testing A Chilean Food Truck in the Triad
Thousands of educators filled Bicentennial Plaza during a rally for better pay in Raleigh, N.C. in 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Public Schools NC Teacher Raises Don’t Keep Up With the Cost of Pencils
The 2021 official White House Christmas tree came from Jefferson, NC. This year, the tree will come from NC again, making it the 15th time since 1961 the tree comes from NC. (Image via The White House) community NC Family Farm Will Supply the White House Christmas Tree
Elections The former president—who swore an oath to protect and defend the US Constitution—has been indicted over his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Elections Veteran NC Pundit: Biden, Cunningham and Democrats Will Win Big

A veteran NC pollster says the polls might be similar to 2016, but he's predicting wins for Biden, Cunningham and other Dems on Election Day.

Jesse James DeConto Jesse James DeConto October 22, 2020 4:47 pm EDT
Coronavirus Vice President Mike Pence looks at Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as she answers a question during the vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
Coronavirus ‘They’re Coming for You’: The Five Takeaways for NC From Harris-Pence Debate

Inside the only vice presidential debate, and what NC should take away from two very different candidates in Kamala Harris and Mike Pence.

Jesse James DeConto Jesse James DeConto October 9, 2020 11:17 am EDT