Velena Jones

Reporter/ Fill-in Anchor at NBC Bay Area

Velena Jones is an experienced reporter and fill-in anchor currently working at NBC Bay Area since May 2022. Prior roles include news reporter and fill-in anchor at KOVR-TV | CBS Sacramento, KOIN-TV, and WISC-TV, where responsibilities encompassed shooting, writing, and editing stories for broadcast and web, as well as engaging with viewers on social media. Velena also has experience as an anchor, reporter, and news director at WBKB-TV 11, where management of the news and sports departments was a key responsibility. Early career roles included news assistant at KABC and various internships at NBC News and NBCUniversal, focusing on show production assistance. Velena holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with a concentration in Broadcast Journalism from Biola University, earned in 2012.

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Owned by NBCUniversal, NBC Bay Area / KNTV is the Bay Area’s investigative station located in the heart of Silicon Valley. The station is committed to providing continuous, in-depth journalism with unique personalities. Along with broadcasting NBC’s award-winning daytime, prime-time and late night programming, NBC Bay Area produces more than 32 hours of news programming each week. The station can be seen locally on Comcast 3 and 703 and over-the-air on 11. COZI TV, the station’s digital network, offers a full schedule of America’s most beloved and iconic television series, hit movies and original programming. COZI TV can be seen locally on Comcast 186 and over-the-air on 11.3.