Jenna Wolfe
| Jenna Wolfe | |
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| Born | February 26, 1974 Kingston, Jamaica |
| Education | Binghamton University SUNY-Geneseo |
| Occupation | Anchor and Correspondent (NBC News) |
| Notable credit(s) | Weekend Today news anchor (2012–present) Today correspondent (2007–present) |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Spouse(s) | Stephanie Gosk |
Jenna Wolfe (born February 26, 1974) is a correspondent for NBC's Today, and the news anchor of their Weekend edition, and had once substituted on the NBC Nightly News.
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Early life and education [edit]
Wolfe was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in Pétionville, Haiti.[1] Her father, Bennet Wolfeld,[2] was a Puerto Rican Jew who was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He owned a chain of leather factories in Puerto Rico and moved to Jamaica with his wife when he expanded his operations.[2] Her mother, Sheila Greenfeld, was an American Jew from New Jersey.[2] Wolfe had a religious upbringing and became bat mitzvah while living in the islands.[3]
She moved from Jamaica to Haiti when she was five.[2] In 1989, her family moved to the United States.[1] Wolfe attended SUNY Geneseo from 1992 to 1994.[4] She graduated from Binghamton University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in French and English in 1996.[1]
Broadcasting career [edit]
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.
Personal life [edit]
She speaks English, French and Creole.[1] On March 27, 2013, Wolfe publicly came out as a lesbian and announced that she is expecting her first child with her partner, NBC News Foreign Correspondent Stephanie Gosk.[5] Wolfe and her partner live in Manhattan.
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d Jenna Wolfe msnbc.msn.com
- ^ a b c d Today Show: "Lester and Jenna trace their Jamaican roots" Aired on September 09, 2012
- ^ Jamaica Observer: "JAMAICAN ON A MISSION: Jenna Wolfe" July 29, 2012
- ^ Irwin, David, "NBC Sunday TODAY Show to Air Feature on Co-host's Return to SUNY Geneseo", SUNY Geneseo Press Release, September 24, 2009
- ^ http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/03/27/jenna-wolfe-stephanie-gosk-expecting-daughter/
External links [edit]
- Jenna Wolfe's All Day Debut
- "Ch. 2 lifts anchors for new shifts". New York Daily news. June 22, 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- "Former Intern Returns To "Today", On-Air". Mediabistro.com. August 13, 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-09.[dead link]
- Jenna Wolfe Assisting Home Renovators
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- 1974 births
- American expatriates in Haiti
- American expatriates in Jamaica
- American television reporters and correspondents
- American Jews
- American people of Puerto Rican descent
- American people of Jewish descent
- Binghamton University alumni
- Jamaican emigrants to the United States
- Jamaican people of Jewish descent
- Lesbians
- LGBT broadcasters
- LGBT journalists from the United States
- LGBT Jews
- Living people
- NBC News
- New York City television anchors
- New York television reporters
- People from Kingston, Jamaica
- People from Ouest Department
- Puerto Rican Jews
- State University of New York at Geneseo alumni
