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Rashida Jones named MSNBC president, makes history

Rashida Jones has been named MSNBC’s new president. Her new appointment makes her the first Black executive to run a major cable news network

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December 9, 2020

Unheard Voices Staff

Rashida Jones Named MSNBC President, Makes History

Rashida Jones (Photo Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBCU)

Rashida Jones has been named MSNBC’s new president. Her new appointment makes her the first Black executive to run a major cable news network, according to various reports.

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Jones, who has been with NBC News for the past seven years, is currently chief of breaking news and major events at the network. She just led the network’s coverage of the 2020 presidential election and the team preparing Kristen Welker as moderator of the third presidential debate.

Rashida Jones new appointment

Rashida Jones will replace Phil Griffin, a longtime president of MSNBC. Griffin, 64, has worked at NBC News for 35 years and has been president of MSNBC since 2008.

Jones will officially begin on Feb. 1. Her immediate challenge will be leading the network into coverage of the Biden administration.

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Unheard Voices is an award-winning news magazine that started in 2004 as a newsletter in the Asbury Park, Neptune, and Long Branch, NJ areas to broadening into a recognized Black online media outlet. The company is one of the few outlets dedicated to covering social justice issues. They are the recipient of the NAACP Unsung Hero Award and CV Magazine's Innovator Award for Best Social Justice Communications Company.