04-03-2025
WLNS-TV's Sheri Jones saying goodbye after decades-long broadcast career
LANSING — Long-standing Lansing TV news anchor Sheri Jones is saying goodbye.
Jones, a veteran journalist and member of both the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, is ending a 35-year career at WLNS-TV Channel News on May 9.
She has covered many of the region's biggest stories: East Lansing riots, Michigan State University Spartans winning a national basketball tournament in 2000, the Larry Nassar scandals and the 2023 mass shooting at Michigan State University.
Jones did not respond to phone and email messages for comment sent to her station but said in a WLNS press release that she plans to write, travel, and spend more time with her father and family.
The former MSU student said WLNS has been her "second home for nearly 4 decades."
'I am deeply humbled to have had the privilege as an anchor/reporter to deliver stories thatinformed and inspired Mid-Michigan," Jones said. "I have overwhelming appreciation for the hundreds ofcolleagues I've worked alongside creating the friendships and memories I have made sincewalking through the doors of TV6 as an intern.
"Thank you to everyone who believed in me and shaped my career and life in more ways than I could have ever imagined. It has been a privilege of a lifetime and one I will carry in my heart forever.'
Jones also has spent nearly 30 years as the spokesperson for Mid-Michigan Crime Stoppers Program, appearing in a weekly video segment that has been credited in helping to apprehend hundreds of wanted felons.
She also wrote the script and narrated an Emmy-winning documentary, "We Can Do It! A Celebration of Michigan Women," which chronicled the first 24 years of the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame and can be seen in 800 Michigan school research libraries, WLNS said.
Her state Hall of Fame entry highlights her calm demeanor and humanizing instincts.
Jones said that she has earned many meaningful awards in her career but being named as the Crime Victim's Rights Outstanding Advocate from the state of Michigan was the best recognition.
WLNS News Director Jam Sardar said, in a statement, that Jones is off-camera just how she is on-camera.
"She treats everyone from the governor to the custodian with interest, respect and grace," Sardar said. "Sheri Jones has - in so many ways - told stories and taken actions that have made an actual difference in this community and made the lives of mid-Michiganders better. No one will fill Sheri's shoes."
Contact Mike Ellis at mellis@ or 517-267-0415
This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: WLNS-TV's Sheri Jones saying goodbye after decades-long broadcast career
