The former Good Day Philadelphia personality now co-hosts the fourth hour of the Today show with Jenna Bush Hager — and has a new book out next month.
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Sheinelle Jones, 47, was born in Fairmount but spent much of her childhood in Kansas. She came home in 2005 when she landed a big gig: co-hosting Good Day Philadelphia with Mike Jerrick. In 2014, she departed once again, this time to New York to join the Today show. She started there as a reporter, rose through the ranks, and in mid-January became co-host of a fourth hour of the show. Her partner on camera? Jenna Bush Hager, as in the daughter of George W. Here, Jones talks about grieving her late husband, her mission to help her national audience feel good in spite of what’s happening in the world, and how she and Jerrick were “a match made in heaven.”
Hi, Sheinelle. Before we go any further, I need to ask you about the i in the middle of your name, which doesn’t seem to be reflected in how people pronounce it. It kind of doesn’t make any sense.…