Jen Picciano
Reporter
Cleveland, Ohio

Jen Picciano is an Emmy award-winning reporter for WOIO-TV and creator of the restaurant and dining segment Cleveland Cooks.
She is also the author of the food blog Cheftovers.
Picciano is a native of Cleveland, and has spent the last 10 years with CBS 19 as a general assignment field reporter. She is active in the local food scene and has been involved with the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland for several years.
She resides in Mayfield Heights with her husband and her three children.
You can usually find her with a pencil behind her ear and a mic in her hand, or an apron on.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2026 at 6:11 AM PDT
|By Jen Picciano and LeAnne Gendreau
Grocery shopping plays a key role in maintaining a heart-healthy diet, but certain foods can work against cardiovascular well-being.
Updated: May 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM PDT
|By Jen Picciano and LeAnne Gendreau
End-of-life doulas can help patients discuss pain management options, navigate care decisions and determine where and how they want to spend their final days.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2026 at 2:32 AM PDT
|By Jen Picciano
Artificial intelligence is showing promise as a tool for detecting lung cancer nodules that even trained radiologists can miss, according to researchers in Cleveland.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2026 at 6:19 AM PDT
|By Jen Picciano
Scammers who know how precious grandchildren are to grandparents are targeting older adults with threats about an emergency involving the victim’s grandchild. This grandmother fought back.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM PDT
|By Jen Picciano and InvestigateTV Staff
When it comes to eating right and heart-healthy, better shopping is half the battle.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2025 at 4:17 AM PDT
|By Jen Picciano and InvestigateTV Staff
Post-viral long illness patients are benefiting from what doctors have learned from treating long-COVID patients.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM PDT
|By Jen Picciano
After pulling off the biggest cash heist in Cleveland’s history, the bank teller turned infamous thief spent 52 years in the clear living under a new identity.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM PDT
|By Jen Picciano and InvestigateTV Staff
Scoliosis starts to emerge when kids are 10 to 14 years old. It typically happens right around the big teenage growth spurt.
Updated: May 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM PDT
|By Jen Picciano and InvestigateTV Staff
InvestigateTV+ takes you inside the scam and shows you how the victim was able to get her money back.
Updated: May 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM PDT
|By Jen Picciano and InvestigateTV Staff
The Watchman device is providing protection from blood clots and strokes for those patients at risk because of their AFib.
Updated: May 10, 2024 at 8:59 AM PDT
|By Jen Picciano and InvestigateTV Staff
Reporter Jen Picciano has a look at a vaccine still in clinical trials and the unusual way it works.
Updated: May 6, 2024 at 2:19 PM PDT
|By Jen Picciano
Is it a shift in culture, price, or medical reasons? Reporter Jen Picciano explains why women are lining up for a menopause makeover.






















