Jenna Wolfe

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Jenna Wolfe
Born February 26, 1974 (1974-02-26) (age 37)
Kingston, Jamaica
Education Binghamton University SUNY-Geneseo
Occupation Anchor and Correspondent (NBC News)
Notable credit(s) Weekend Today
Sunday co-anchor (2007–present)
Today
national correspondent (2007–present)
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Jenna Wolfe (born on February 26, 1974 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a national correspondent for NBC's Today, and the co-anchor of their Sunday edition. She occasionally fills-in as anchor on the weekday edition of the show, and had once substituted on the NBC Nightly News.

[edit] Broadcasting career

From 2004 to 2007, she was the weekend morning sports anchor for WABC's Eyewitness News in New York City where she had a special segment called "Jenna's Beef", in which she editorialized an event from the world of sports that week. Prior to that, she worked for the Madison Square Garden Network, WPHL-TV in Philadelphia as the first female sportscaster, WICZ-TV in Binghamton, New York, WUHF-TV in Rochester, New York, and the Today Show as an intern. Aside from her journalistic duties, Wolfe has appeared as a judge on Food Network's Iron Chef America.

[edit] Personal

Wolfe was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Pétionville, Haiti, before moving to the United States with her family in 1989. She graduated from Binghamton University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in French and English in 1996. She also attended SUNY Geneseo from 1992 to 1994.[1] She currently lives in Manhattan.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Irwin, David, "NBC Sunday TODAY Show to Air Feature on Co-host's Return to SUNY Geneseo", SUNY Geneseo Press Release, September 24, 2009
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