Bria Jones
Bria Jones is an Emmy-award-winning journalist who joined the FOX6 team in December 2023. She currently anchors Weekend WakeUp and reports nightside during the week.
She’s coming from her hometown market in Memphis, TN, where she covered the city’s aggressive breaking news cycle, earning her a nomination for the city’s "Best Reporter." She was also a part of award-winning coverage for the "Memphis Shooting Rampage" where WREG-TV won first place in Large Market -- Best Coverage of Breaking News from the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters.
However, she’s no stranger to the Midwest and cold weather. Previously, Bria worked as a reporter/fill-in anchor in Flint, Michigan, where she extensively covered crime and city government. She also took tough viewer questions to city hall in a bi-weekly show titled "Ask The Mayor."
Before that, she spent two years as a multimedia journalist in Northeast Louisiana. She started her professional broadcast career developing her news judgment as a digital associate producer in Memphis.
A proud southern belle, Bria spent time growing up between Arkansas, Texas and Tennessee.
While in college at St. John’s University in New York City, she interned at "The Wendy Williams Show," MTV and VH1.
She is also a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and currently serves on the Broadcast Task Force Executive Board for the National Association of Black Journalists.
The latest from Bria Jones
Wisconsin father honors daughter lost on 9/11 through memorial project
A Wisconsin family is educating future generations to ensure 9/11 victims are never forgotten.
Milwaukee woman stabbed after dispute with neighbor
A dispute between Milwaukee neighbors escalates into a brutal, near-fatal stabbing, leaving a mother fighting for her life while her young children watch in horror.
FBI and Milwaukee police data reveal violent crime statistics
Recently released data from the FBI shows violent crime decreased 9.3% in 2025. According to the FBI, from 2024 to 2025, the data showed the largest year-to-year decline in violent crimes since FBI estimations started in 1936.
Flock cameras in Milwaukee, city officials raise privacy concerns
In a formal letter to Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman and the Fire and Police Commission, Milwaukee Common Council members are sounding the alarm on local law enforcement’s use of Flock license plate readers.
Milwaukee's The Garage 'NO PLAY LIST' backlash, bar responds
The Garage, a Milwaukee bar, responded to backlash Tuesday after a “NO PLAY LIST" of Black rap artists was posted at the bar's DJ booth.
Milwaukee weekend shootings; 1 dead, 7 injured including 1-year-old
Milwaukee police are investigating a string of violence over the weekend. Eight people were injured in six separate shootings, with one of them deadly.
Milwaukee road rage shooting, mother dead; 18-year-old in custody
We are learning more about the woman police say was shot and killed during a road rage incident on Monday.
2 Milwaukee shootings connected, 3 killed; police seek suspect
A manhunt is underway after police say a shooter killed three people Saturday night. Milwaukee police say the shootings are connected and domestic violence-related.
Madison protests: Demonstrators, police return after overnight unrest
More people were hauled away in handcuffs as protests continued at the intersection where Madison police shot and killed Corey Ruiz two weeks ago.
Wisconsin tornado damage; Fox Valley residents begin cleanup
Cleanup efforts are underway in the Fox Valley following severe weather on Monday, July 27.