Sheinelle Jones Biography
A native of Philadelphia, Sheinelle Marie Jones is an American journalist and an NBC News anchor and correspondent. In addition, on weekdays, she is one of the hosts of the third hour of Today. Also, she is the host of the educational nature program Wild Child broadcast on The More You Know block on NBC.
Sheinelle Jones Age|Birthday
Jones was born on April 19, 1978. Therefore, she is 44 years old as of 2023 and celebrates her birthday on 19th April every year.
Sheinelle Jones Height|Weight
Jones’ height is 4 feet 11 inches (approximately 150 centimeters). Moreover, she weighs 54 kilograms.
Sheinelle Jones Family
The journalist was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to her parents Sheila Kinnard (mother) and C. Darnell Jones II (father). Her father is U.S. District Court Judge. Moreover, she is an only child to her parents.
Sheinelle Jones Nationality|Ethnicity
Jones’ nationality is American. In addition, Sheinelle belongs to the African-American ethnicity and her religion is Christianity.
Sheinelle Jones Husband
The Philadelphia native has been married to Uche Ojeh, a New York City consultant since 2007. The two met when she was a freshman at Northwestern University and Uche was still a high school student. Moreover, they have three children together namely Kayin (son) and twins Uche (son) and Clara Josephine (daughter).
Sheinelle Jones Education
The journalist attended Wichita Brooks Middle Magnet School and Wichita Heights High School, both in Wichita, Kansas. Later, she joined Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Sheinelle Career
Today’s host’s first broadcast job was in Springfield Illinois for WICS. She worked at KOKI-TV, the FOX affiliate in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and WTXF-TV, the FOX O&O in Philadelphia prior to joining NBC News. Moreover, for more than nine years, she was at the Philadelphia station.
In addition, on October 4, 2014, Jones joined Today as part of Weekend Today. Similarly, she became a co-host on 3rd Hour Today in January 2019. Moreover, she was working six days a week as a co-host on 3rd Hour Today and a co-anchor on the Saturday editions of Weekend Today. However, in February 2020, the journalist had surgery to remove lesions from her vocal cord and thus could not speak at all for two weeks hence she remained out of work for six weeks.
Sheinelle Jones’s Net Worth
According to multiple outlets, Jones’ net worth ranges between $23 million and $25 million as of 2023 form her journalism career. Additionally, Sheinelle’s annual salary ranges between $1 million and $5 million. Moreover, the journalist owns a large piece of real estate in New York.
