Julie Carey is the Northern Virginia Bureau Chief for News4.
Carey has been covering Northern Virginia since joining News4 in 1992. Her reporting has taken her all over the commonwealth, including Richmond, where she has covered the governor, the general assembly, and every election since 1993. She is frequently called upon to participate in political debates involving Virginia candidates.
Carey has also done extensive reporting on issues of regional interest, including sex offenders, child abuse, and the integration of women into the Virginia Military Institute. In the late 1990s, she provided daily coverage of the Kenneth Starr grand jury investigations and the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. She has also been the lead reporter on some high-profile regional trials, including those of George Huguely and sniper suspect Lee Malvo.
Prior to joining News4, Carey reported for KSDK-TV in St. Louis, WTHR-TV in Indianapolis, and KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she began her career. She graduated from Indiana University with a journalism degree.
Carey was raised in Iowa in a family of journalists. She and her husband, the managing editor for Bloomberg, live in Alexandria. Her son and daughter, both graduates of what is now known as Alexandria City High School, are attending college.
Carey is active as a volunteer in Alexandria Public Schools and in her church.
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Fairfax County considers meals tax
Restaurant workers demonstrated outside the Fairfax County, Virginia, government center Tuesday in opposition to a meals tax being considered by the Board of Supervisors to increase county revenue. A meals tax would be assessed on all prepared foods – including drinks sold along with them – from restaurants, cafeterias, coffee shops, food carts and ready-to-eat grocery items. At 1%, a…
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‘Kindest person': Man, 19, fatally shot while trying to break up fight in Virginia
A 19-year-old man was shot to death trying to break up a fight early Sunday morning, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office. Christian Whalen was at a bonfire party in a wooded area off Spotswood Furnace Road when another teenager shot him. A sheriff’s deputy drove him from the scene to a rescue station, from where he was...
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‘Innocent children': Brothers found chained inside Fairfax County home
A mother and her partner were arrested after officers found two little boys chained up in an apartment in the Groveton area of Fairfax County, Virginia, authorities said.
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Man accused of child sex assault at Reston grocery store, child porn possession
A man who was recently arrested for improperly touching a little girl in a grocery store in Reston, Virginia, is now accused of child pornography possession. A 7-year-old was with her mother at the Safeway in the 11100 block of South Lakes Drive on Aug. 10 when a man at the self-checkout grabbed her buttocks. Police later identified him as…
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Missing Virginia mom's phone, canceled Uber ride in focus as husband waives hearing
The Manassas Park man jailed in connection to his wife’s disappearance returned to court Thursday, where his defense attorney took an unusual legal step as News4 obtained search warrant documents that reveal new details about the investigation.
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Series of smash-and-grab break-ins reported across DMV overnight
Stores spent Tuesday cleaning up after a series of smash-and-grab break-ins across the D.C. area overnight. Starting just after 1 a.m., there were a series of at least 10 break-ins in Northwest D.C., Montgomery County and Fairfax County. While the crimes and suspect descriptions are similar, police have not confirmed whether they are connected. At the Tysons Station shopping...
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Congressional office baseball bat attacker enters insanity plea in Virginia
A man who waged a violent attack inside U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly’s district office in Northern Virginia last year is headed to a psychiatric hospital instead of prison, as News4 is first to report.
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Virginia county holds election office open house as voting misinformation swirls
Voters in Prince William County, Virginia, got a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of their election office. To combat misinformation about ballot security and election integrity, the office staff decided to let the public see what they do and judge for themselves. The open house was so popular that 300 county residents quickly signed up, and there was…
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Man who bragged on video about killing teen is convicted of murder in Fairfax County
A young man who was caught on video bragging about shooting two people in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 2022 was convicted on Tuesday.
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‘I finally killed somebody': Fairfax County murder case goes to jury
A Fairfax County jury is deliberating in the case of a young man who is accused of shooting two people, killing one and blinding another.
