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Religion
  
Judaism

TV shows
  
Partner
  
Stephanie Gosk (2012–)

Role
  
Journalist

Name
  
Jenna Wolfe


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Full Name
  
Jennifer Wolfeld

Born
  
February 26, 1974 (age 50) (
1974-02-26
)

Residence
  
Manhattan, New York City, New York

Occupation
  
NBC News Anchor and Correspondent, Fitness expert and Personal trainer

Notable credit(s)
  
Weekend Todaynews anchor (2012–2014)Todaycorrespondent (2007–2014)Lifestyle and fitness correspondent (2014–2015)

Parents
  
Sheila Greenfeld, Bennett Wolfe

Children
  
Harper Estelle Wolfeld-Gosk, Quinn Lily Wolfeld-Gosk

Education
  
State University of New York at Geneseo, Binghamton University

Similar People
  
Stephanie Gosk, Erica Hill, Dylan Dreyer, Lester Holt, Natalie Morales

Profiles

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Jenna Wolfe (born Jennifer Wolfeld; February 26, 1974) is an American journalist 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. In September 2017 She started working for Fox on FS1 as a mediator for the new show "First Things First" with Chris Carter and Nick Wright.

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On September 12, 2014, Wolfe was demoted to Today lifestyle and fitness correspondent and NBC News national correspondent.

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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 Pétion-Ville, Haiti. Her father, Bennet Wolfeld, 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. Her mother, Sheila Greenfeld, was an American Jew from New Jersey. Wolfe had a religious upbringing and had her bat mitzvah while living in the islands.

She moved from Jamaica to Haiti when she was five. In 1989, her family moved to the United States. Wolfe attended SUNY Geneseo from 1992 to 1994. She graduated from Binghamton University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in French and English in 1996.

Broadcasting career

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. 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. Wolfe and Gosk welcomed a girl named Harper Estelle Wolfeld-Gosk on August 21, 2013. Their second daughter, Quinn Lily, was born on February 4, 2015.

    References

    Jenna Wolfe Wikipedia


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