Athena Jones

Athena Jones started with CNN as a general assignment reporter in 2011 and is based in CNN's Washington bureau. She reports on a wide range of general news stories for programs across the network from breaking news to national stories. Previously, Jones was a White House producer with NBC, where she wrote packages, produced story segments and reported on air for MSNBC and NBC News. Jones graduated cum laude from Harvard University and earned her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. She studied Spanish and European politics at the University of Madrid Complutense in Madrid, Spain; and Islamic studies at the American Research Center in Cairo, Egypt, with Duke University.