Journalism

Sheinelle Jones is the host of third hour of TODAY. Since joining NBC News in 2014, Jones has covered a variety of breaking news events and human-interest stories. Prior to joining TODAY, Jones served as a co-host of FOX's Emmy Award-winning morning show "Good Day Philadelphia" where she reported local, national and international headlines.

Gabe Gutierrez is an NBC News National Correspondent based in New York. He focuses primarily on domestic breaking news and reports for all of the network’s platforms, including “TODAY,” “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt,” MSNBC, NBC News NOW, CNBC, Telemundo and NBCNews.com.

Emily Ramshaw is the co-founder and CEO of The 19th*, the nation’s first independent nonprofit newsroom at the intersection of gender, politics and policy. The 19th* aims to elevate the voices of women, women of color and the LGBTQ+ community in American media with free-to-consume and free-to-republish daily journalism, newsletters and live events.

Kevin Blackistone is a well-known contributor to ESPN’s “Around the Horn,” a columnist at The Washington Post and a Professor of Practice at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

In addition to his work on “Around the Horn,” Blackistone appears on National Public Radio and has written several academic journal articles on diversity in sports media.

Julie Pace is Washington Bureau Chief and Assistant Managing Editor for The Associated Press, directing AP’s coverage of the presidency, politics and the U.S. government. Previously, she was AP’s chief White House correspondent, regularly breaking news and contributing analysis to AP's global news report. Pace won the White House Correspondents’ Association Merriman Smith award in 2013 for her work explaining the Obama campaign’s complex approach to voter turnout.