Rashida Jones To Be First Black Female Leader Of A Cable News Network

Rashida Jones, senior vice president of NBC News and MSNBC. Will become the next president of MSNBC. Becoming the first Black female leader of a cable news network, according to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.

No not Quincy Jones daughter, actress and writer Rashida Jones. This Rashida Jones was a Hampton University graduate and also served as director of live programming at The Weather Channel. Before joining Comcast-owned MSNBC, Jones was the news director for the NBC affiliate in Columbia, South Carolina. Jones succeeds Phil Griffin, who Griffin plans to leave MSNBC in early 2021, NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde told staff in an email. Click Here To Read More.