He anchors NBC10 News Today, which airs Monday through Friday from 4 to 7am, and co-hosts The Lineup on Apple TV and Roku.
For three years as an undergraduate, Keith traveled the country with the Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team as a student manager and practice player.
"[5] Jones was with the Villanova Men's Basketball team on a flight that made an emergency landing in Providence, Rhode Island in 2005.
Jay Wright said the flight attendant started crying before announcing they would make an emergency "crash" landing.
According to the New York Times, the pilot somehow swung the airplane back to the airport and landed safely on an icy runway lined with emergency vehicles.
[11] After three years in Virginia, Jones was hired as an Anchor and Reporter for WTAE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Jones covered stories including the dedication of the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, the contentious 2010 Pennsylvania Governor's race, and the trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Jones has covered the London Olympic Games, the sentencing of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, Superstorm Sandy, the 2013 U.S. Open (golf),[13] the Boston Marathon bombing, and the deadly tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma.
In 2015, Jones reported live from Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, AZ, and later that year, played a vital role in NBC10s coverage of Pope Francis’ historic visit to Philadelphia.
[25] In 2014, Jones was honored with Villanova University's annual Ethos Award, which recognizes an alumnus who serves as a role model to students by demonstrating character, service, and excellence in the field of communication.
The award honors alumni who have made outstanding contributions to one or more areas of society, including professional, academic, and service to the college.
[1] That same year Jones was also named sexiest male news anchor in America by BetUS.
"[28] Jones has taught as an adjunct professor of Broadcast Journalism at his alma mater Villanova University since 2013.
[3] In 2016, Jones' longtime girlfriend Cara McCollum, 24, died at Cooper University Hospital a week after sustaining head injures in a one-car accident on an icy Route 55 in Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, on February 15.
[39] Jones announced his engagement to his fiancée, Holly Harrar, in Ocean City, NJ over Labor Day weekend in September 2022.
"We are overjoyed and overtired, that's for sure," Jones told his morning news colleague while holding his newborn during the baby's TV debut on Sept. 4, 2024.