Sheinelle Jones
Sheinelle Marie Jones is an American journalist and a news anchor and correspondent for NBC News. She is the co-host of Today with Jenna & Sheinelle, the fourth hour of Today, and serves as host of Wild Child as part of the network's Saturday morning educational block, The More [You Know (block)|The More You Know]. Jones was previously a co-host of the third hour of Today, and a former co-anchor of Weekend Today.
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 credits her mother with raising her "surrounded by the power of intentionality," by posting inspirational sayings throughout the house. She attended Wichita Brooks Middle Magnet School and Wichita [Heights High School], both in Wichita, Kansas, and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she pledged the historically Black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha. While still in high school, she interned at KWCH-TV, the CBS affiliate in Wichita.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.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. 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.
On December 9, 2025, Today announced Jones would be stepping away from the 9 a.m. hour of Today to become a permanent co-host of the fourth hour, beginning January 12, 2026. On January 2, 2026, Jones departed 3rd Hour Today.