Jo Ling Kent Biography
Jo Ling Kent is an American journalist currently working as a correspondent for NBC News. Previously, Kent worked as a reporter on Fox Business Network, ABC, and CNN. She has covered notable stories since she joined NBC News in 2016.
Jo Ling attended Hopkins High School and later enrolled at Rice University. She also graduated with degrees in international affairs from both the London School of Economics and Perking University. Kent was also a Fulbright scholar at Peking University Law School Center.
After graduating from college in 2008, Jo Ling worked as a translator and writer for ABC News in Beijing. He would then return to Beijing to work for CNN as an associate producer after graduating from the London School of Economics.
In 2012, Kent joined NBC’s affiliate WVIT in Connecticut as a field reporter and blogger. There she extensively covered the 2012 presidential election as an embedded reporter, and her team won a Peabody Awad for coverage of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. A year later, she joined Fox Business Network as a technology reporter.
Since 2016, Jo Ling has been a correspondent with NBC News. In June 2020, she was hit by a Seattle Police Department flash-bang grenade while she was in the field reporting on the George Floyd protests in Seattle, Washington.
Jo Ling Kent Age
Kent is 39 years old as of 2023. She was born on May 11, 1984, in San Francisco, Califonia, the United States of America. She celebrates her birthday on May 11th every year.
Jo Ling Kent Husband
Kent is married to his loving husband Scott Conroy, an author, and reporter for HuffPost since 2015. The couple is blessed with two daughters, one born in 2018 and Delancey Mei born in April 2021.
Jo Ling Kent Family, Parents
Kent was born in San Francisco, California but raised up in Minnetonka, Minnesota by her father David Kent, and mother Shean Yen Janice. Jo Ling is of Asian-American ethnicity where her father comes from the United States while her mother comes from Chinese.
Jo Ling Kent Height
Kent stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 6 inches and weighs about 60 Kg. In addition, she has black hair and brown eyes.
Jo Ling Kent Net Worth
Kent has an estimated net worth of $500,000. Her income is mainly from her successful career as a reporter and anchor. However, she has not discussed her wealth hence it’s presumed that she has amassed a lot since 2008 when she started her broadcast career.
Jo Ling Kent’s Salary
Kent receives an approximate annual salary of between $40,000 – $110,500.