Jenna Bush Hager is co-host of “Today with Hoda and Jenna” on NBC. She joined “Today” as a correspondent and contributor in 2009. Previously, Hager taught reading at a public school in Baltimore and was an elementary school teacher in Washington, D.C. She is also an editor at large for Southern Living. Prior to this, Hager established the Thousand Voices production company and the Read With Jenna book club. The author of six books, Hager’s most recent is “Love Comes First,” co-written with her sister, Barbara. Her honors include a 2022 news and documentary Emmy, a 2021 Gracie Award for on-air lifestyle and entertainment talent and a 2017 Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College award for outstanding children's or family viewing series.
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