Bria Jones
Bria Jones is an Emmy-nominated journalist excited to be joining the FOX6 nightside team.
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
Open Record: Force of Nature
This week on Open Record, FOX6's Bria Jones and Holly Baker join Bryan Polcyn as we commemorate 100 years of Black history in America.
GreenTree Prep Academy attack; woman faces battery, threat charges
A Milwaukee woman faces multiple felony charges after prosecutors say she assaulted school safety officers and threatened to return with a gun during a fight at GreenTree Preparatory Academy last week.
MPS $46M budget deficit; hiring freeze, class caps proposed at meeting
Milwaukee Public Schools leaders say they are now facing a $46 million budget shortfall, and administrators laid out initial steps Tuesday night, Feb. 10, aimed at stabilizing the district’s finances.
Milwaukee nonprofit seeks mentors for annual 500 Black Tuxedos event
A Milwaukee nonprofit is calling on more men to mentor boys during the annual 500 Black Tuxedos event, pairing youth with role models for a day of growth.
Shots fired into Waukesha apartment, 3 men charged
After charging one man already, Waukesha County prosecutors have now filed charges against two other men after shots were fired into an apartment.
Milwaukee woman pursues pilot dream to honor father’s aviation career
A Milwaukee County STEM teacher inspired by her late father is pursuing a career as a pilot, training in Wisconsin and preparing for acceptance into a competitive aviation academy.
Violins of Hope residency concludes in Milwaukee with farewell event
Milwaukee marked the end of the Violins of Hope residency after months of performances using Holocaust-surviving instruments, as the Hoan Bridge glowed yellow in remembrance on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Tuesday, Jan. 27.
Big Bend snowplow crew travels to Kentucky to help after winter storm
A snowplow crew from Big Bend traveled to Kentucky to help storm-hit communities, working 48 hours and plowing hundreds of miles, with most of the effort donated to those in need.
Milwaukee U-Haul storage facility fire; crews battle 5-alarm blaze
Multiple Milwaukee firefighters responded to a large commercial fire Wednesday night, Jan. 21, near Barclay and Orchard at a U-Haul Moving & Storage facility in Walker’s Point, with crews working to contain the flames.
Sentry Foods closure; Milwaukee north side grocery access in question
A Sentry Foods on Milwaukee’s north side is closing less than two years after opening, prompting concerns about food access as neighbors react to another grocery store shutdown.