Athena Jones Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Husband, CNN, Net Worth, and Salary

Athena Jones Biography

Athena Jones is an American journalist working for CNN serving as a national correspondent in New York. She has been working with the network since 2011.

Athena Jones Age

Jones is 44 years old as of 2022. She was born on July 6, 1976, in the United States.

Athena Jones Height

Jones stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.

Athena Jones Family

Jones was born to her parents. Her mother was called Gaynelle Griffin Jones, while her father is called Robert Jones. Her parents were both lawyers. Athena’s mother passed on in 20-13 after battling cancer for a long time and her father is currently a judge in Texas, United States. Gaynelle, her mother was the first African-American woman to gain a position with the first court of appeals in Texas. Moreover, she has also been honored with the status of United States Attorney in the Southern District of Texas.

Athena Jones Husband

Jones is very private about her personal life therefore it is not known if she is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of her being in any past relationship with anyone.

Athena Jones’s Net Worth

Jones has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$2 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a national correspondent.

Athena Jones Salary

She earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 80 000.

Athena Jones Education

Jones attended Harvard University, where she graduated Cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in government. Later on, Athena enrolled at Columbia University earning a Mater’s degree in journalism. Moreover, she also studied the Spanish language, arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, and literature. In addition to that he studied Islam at the American Research Center in Cairo, Egypt with Duke University.

Athena Jones Career

Jones works for CNN serving as a national correspondent based in New York. While at the station she was formerly a CNN White House correspondent, covering President Trump and his administration for all of the network’s programs and platforms.

In 2011, Athena started with the network as a general assignment correspondent. Moreover, she has reported on politics and on a wide range of general news stories for programs across the network from breaking news to national stories.

In addition, Jones has covered debates over the war against ISIS, the Affordable Care Act, and immigration reform. Prior to that, Athena was a White House producer with NBC. While at the station she produced story segments and wrote packages. Furthermore, she reported on the presidential campaigns of Barack Obama during the 2008 election cycle and then-Senators Hillary Clinton for NBC and the National Journal.

Before working at NBC, Jones was serving as a freelance segment producer for CNN. From 2001 to 2003, she worked as a reporter for Reuters based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While at the station Athena covered the farm industry, the Argentine presidential elections, the collapse of the country’s economy, and other general news stories. Previously, Jones reported on politics and the economy in both Chile and Argentina for Bloomberg News.

Athena Jones CNN

Jones is working at CNN where She works alongside other famous CNN meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;

1. Nia-Malika Henderson
2. Melanie Hicken
3. Kristen Holmes
4. Joe Johns
5. Jomana Karadsheh
6. Randi Kaye
7. Alison Kosik
8. Kyung Lah
9. Ed Lavandera
10. MJ Lee
11. Oren Liebermann
12. Kristie Lu Stout
13. Suzanne Malveaux
14. Phil Mattingly

Athena Jones Social Media Platforms

She is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.  She has over 4k followers on Instagram, over 3k  followers on Facebook, and over 26k followers on her Twitter accounts.