Daralene Jones

ANCHOR/REPORTER

WFTV-CHANNEL 9

Daralene Jones is an Emmy award-winning news anchor and investigative reporter at WFTV Channel 9 in Orlando. She anchors the 4 p.m. newscast, alongside Greg Warmoth.

She is the executive producer of the award-winning Ocoee Massacre documentary and Groveland Four: Journey to Exoneration, leading both projects that culminated into specials, airing on WFTV and its streaming platforms. The Ocoee Massacre is now required instruction in Florida schools, thanks to legislation championed by former State Senator Randolph Bracy.

Jones has a reputation for producing in-depth reports, with meticulous detail, focused on major issues. She was lured to journalism through her college newspaper and television station, where her first stories were about health-related matters, which hit close to home because she lost her mother to a brain aneurysm when she was just 8 years old. She was inspired by Ida B. Wells and Ethel Payne. Both journalists were fearless in their pursuit for truth, writing about monumental moments in our nation’s history.

Jones previously worked as a reporter for the NBC-owned and operated television station in Philadelphia, where she was the lead reporter on some of the region’s biggest stories, including the Gov. Chris Christie G.W. Bridge scandal, which gained national attention, the 2013 Oklahoma tornadoes, the D.C. Navy Yard shooting, Boston Marathon bombings, and murder trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. She is a community leader and volunteer, serving as a board member for the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County, and the Boys and Girls Club. Jones is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Jack and Jill of America, and Florida Executive Women. She is also a frequent guest speaker and moderator.

Jones has lived in New York City, Memphis, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Decatur, Georgia, and Springfield, Illinois. She and her husband have three children and live in the greater Orlando area.