Sheinelle Marie Jones (born April 19, 1978) is an American journalist and a news anchor and correspondent for NBC News. She is one of the hosts of the third hour of Today on weekdays.
She is also the host of the educational nature program Wild Child broadcast on The More You Know block on NBC.
Jones joined Today on October 4, 2014, as part of Weekend Today.[8] In January 2019, she became a co-host on 3rd Hour Today.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] In 2021, she was the executive producer for a documentary entitled Stories We Tell: The Fertility Secret, which examined the impact of fertility issues on women of color.[5]
Personal life
In 2007, Jones married Uche Ojeh, whom she met at Northwestern University, and they have three children, sons Kayin and Uche, and daughter Clara.[1][12][5]
^Kadaba, Lini S. (May 10, 2012). "Sheinelle Jones juggles work, toddler and soon-to-be three". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2015. After graduating from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, she did a couple of gigs in smaller, Midwestern markets, then came to Philadelphia in 2005 as a general-assignment reporter for Good Day. She was born in the city and family live here, including her father, U.S. District Judge C. Darnell Jones.
