Sheinelle Jones


Sheinelle Marie Jones is an American journalist and a news anchor and correspondent for NBC News. She is a co-host of the third hour of Today on weekdays.

Early life and education

Sheinelle Marie Jones was born April 19, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of U.S. District Court Judge C. Darnell Jones II. She attended Wichita Brooks Middle Magnet School and Wichita Heights High School, both in Wichita, Kansas, and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Career

Jones' first broadcast job was in Springfield, Illinois for WICS. Before going to work for NBC News, Jones worked at KOKI-TV, the FOX affiliate in Tulsa, Oklahoma and WTXF-TV, the FOX O&O in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was at the Philadelphia station for over nine years.
Jones joined Today on October 4, 2014 as part of Weekend Today. In January 2019, she became a co-host on 3rd Hour Today. As a co-host on 3rd Hour Today and a co-anchor on the Saturday editions of Weekend Today, Jones was working six days a week. On December 21, 2019, Jones left Weekend Today. In February 2020, Jones had surgery to remove lesions from her vocal cord and thus could not speak at all for two weeks; she remained out of work for six weeks.

Personal life

Jones married Uche Ojeh in 2007 and they have three children together.