Rashida Jones will be the first Black woman to head a major television news network when she is promoted to the top position at MSNBC in February. Prior to this appointment, she was the senior vice president for news at MSNBC and NBC News. Before joining NBCUniversal seven years ago, Jones acted as director of live programming for the Weather Channel. She recently oversaw production of two Democratic primary debates which ended up being the most-watched presidential debates in television history. In her senior vice president role, Jones was also in charge of NBC News’ network-wide series, including Justice For All, Climate in Crisis and Kids Under Pressure, as well as the 2019 launch of NBC News’ new streaming network, NBC News NOW. Additionally, she was responsible for leading the NBC News Decision Desk, a team of data scientists that calls all election night decisions for the network.
