Jenna Wolfe
| Jenna Wolfe | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jennifer Wolfeld February 26, 1974 Kingston, Jamaica |
| Residence | Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Education | Binghamton University SUNY-Geneseo |
| Occupation | NBC News Anchor and Correspondent, Fitness expert and Personal trainer |
| Notable credit(s) | Weekend Today news anchor (2012–2014) Today correspondent (2007–2014) Lifestyle and fitness correspondent (2014–2015) |
| Partner(s) | Stephanie Gosk |
| Children | 2 |
Jenna Wolfe (born Jennifer Wolfeld; February 26, 1974) is a Jamaican American journalist, fitness expert and personal trainer. From 2007–2014 she was a correspondent for NBC's Today, and Sunday co-anchor from (2007-2012) and news anchor for Weekend Today from 2012–2014.
On September 12, 2014, Wolfe was promoted to Today lifestyle and fitness correspondent and NBC News national correspondent.[1]
Her final day as news anchor was September 21, 2014.
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Early life and education
Wolfe was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in Pétionville, Haiti.[2] Her father, Bennet Wolfeld,[3] 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.[3] Her mother, Sheila Greenfeld, was an American Jew from New Jersey.[3] Wolfe had a religious upbringing and had her bat mitzvah while living in the islands.[4]
She moved from Jamaica to Haiti when she was five.[3] In 1989, her family moved to the United States.[2] Wolfe attended SUNY Geneseo from 1992 to 1994.[5] She graduated from Binghamton University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in French and English in 1996.[2]
Broadcasting career
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.
Career timeline
- ????-????: WICZ-TV
- ????-????: WUHF-TV
- ????–????: Madison Square Garden Network
- 2004–2007: WABC-TV weekend morning sports anchor
- 2007–2015: NBC News
- 2007–2014: Today correspondent
- 2007–present: NBC News National correspondent
- 2007–2012: Weekend Today Sunday co-anchor
- 2012: Weekend Today co-anchor
- 2012–September 21, 2014: Weekend Today news anchor
- 2007–2015: Today fill-in anchor
- 2014–2015: Today lifestyle and fitness correspondent
Personal life
Wolfe speaks English, French and Haitian Creole.[2] On March 27, 2013, Wolfe publicly came out as a lesbian and announced that she was expecting her first child with her partner, NBC News Correspondent Stephanie Gosk.[6] Wolfe and Gosk welcomed a girl named Harper Estelle Wolfeld-Gosk on August 21, 2013.[7] Their second daughter, Quinn Lily, was born on February 4, 2015.[8]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Jenna Wolfe msnbc.msn.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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
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- ↑ http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/jenna-wolfe-baby-today-anchor-welcomes-second-child-first-photo-201542
External links
- Jenna Wolfe's All Day Debut
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- 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
- Binghamton University alumni
- Jamaican emigrants to the United States
- Jamaican expatriates in Haiti
- Jamaican Jews
- Jamaican people of American descent
- Jamaican people of Puerto Rican descent
- Jamaican television reporters and correspondents
- Lesbian entertainers
- LGBT broadcasters
- LGBT journalists from the United States
- LGBT Jews
- LGBT people from Jamaica
- Living people
- NBC News
- Television anchors from New York City
- New York television reporters
- People from Kingston, Jamaica
- People from Port-au-Prince
- Puerto Rican Jews
- State University of New York at Geneseo alumni
- American exercise instructors
- Jamaican exercise instructors
- American women journalists
