Jordyn Lassiter
Jordyn Lassiter covers sports with a close eye on how teams, venues and investments shape everyday life along the Gulf Coast. She reports for FOX10 News on South Alabama athletics and local sports projects, pairing clear game detail with the stakes for fans, students and the wider community. Her work reflects a broader commitment to community-focused journalism and accountability that runs through her anchoring and general assignment reporting.
South Alabama sports
Lassiter reports regularly on South Alabama baseball, softball and basketball, treating each game story as part of a longer season arc rather than a one-off recap. Her coverage highlights key moments and individual performances, such as multi–home run outings, dominant pitching lines or scoring runs that swing momentum.
She situates those details in context, noting rivalry implications, conference standings and what a win means for the Jaguars’ trajectory. Headlines on rivalry rematches with Troy, series-clinching wins over ULM and Georgia State, and double-digit scoring outbursts show a consistent focus on the program’s progress across multiple sports.
The tone stays straightforward and factual, with the emphasis on making the result, the numbers and the implications easy to grasp for local followers of South Alabama athletics.
Local sports and recreation projects
Beyond game action, Lassiter tracks how sports infrastructure and new ventures affect the region.
Her reporting on the planned sports and recreation complex in Saraland follows the flow of federal Brownfields funding, the environmental cleanup required and the city’s long-term vision for the site. She explains how a 100-acre contaminated property is set to become fields and facilities, translating grant terms and planning language into concrete changes residents can expect.
In coverage of hockey returning to Mobile, she focuses on how the community responds to the revival of the sport, using fan voices and local reaction to frame the story. Across these pieces, sports are treated not just as competition but as a driver of redevelopment, identity and entertainment choices for the area.
Community-focused reporting and accountability
Lassiter’s broader reporting portfolio reinforces that she approaches sports within a larger civic and economic context. She covers layoffs at major industrial employers, proposed data centers, and programs designed to connect people leaving prison with stable work, making clear how policy decisions and corporate moves land on workers and families. Her joint reporting on efforts to change how Alabama’s Public Service Commission is selected shows a willingness to dig into governance and regulatory structures when they touch core services like electric rates.
In “We the People” feature work, she documents investments in civil rights and cultural heritage districts and classroom projects that bring local history into public spaces, underscoring how institutions preserve and reinterpret the past.
She also produces accessible explanatory pieces on everyday questions, such as why mosquitoes target some people more than others, blending scientific research with practical framing that speaks to health, risk and personal experience. Together, this body of work signals a reporter who uses clear language and resident voices to hold institutions to account and clarify complex issues for viewers.
Career and role at FOX10 News
Lassiter joined FOX10 News in October 2025 and works as a reporter and anchor with an explicit focus on community-centered storytelling and accountability journalism. She began her career in the Biloxi–Gulfport television market in 2024, where she covered high-profile events including Super Bowl LIX and a major Amtrak crash shortly after service returned, giving her early experience with both national sports and breaking news.
Before arriving at FOX10 News, she gained additional sports media experience on national platforms, contributing to a daily sports podcast and serving as a sideline reporter for women’s college basketball.
That background informs how she handles South Alabama coverage, combining the polish of national-level production with the specificity required for a local audience. Within FOX10 News, her dual role as reporter and anchor means she moves between live field reporting, studio presentation and packaged stories, but the through-line remains the same: clear, accountable coverage of sports and the communities around them.
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