Sheinelle Jones

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. Early life and education Sheinelle Marie Jones was born April 19, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her father is 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. She was at the Philadelphia station for more than nine years.