Rashida Jones (née Adkins; born 1980 or 1981)[1] is an American business executive who was the former president of the cable news network MSNBC.
The family later moved to Richmond, Virginia, where she attended Henrico High School and became editor of the student newspaper.
[7] Jones later worked at WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina, as news director, then moved to New York City as an executive producer for daytime shows at MSNBC.
[9] While a senior vice president at NBC News and MSNBC, she led a shift from election coverage to a focus on COVID-19.
[10] On February 1, 2021, Jones succeeded Phil Griffin as the president of MSNBC and became the first African-American woman to run a major cable news network.