MSU Alumna and Broadcast Journalist Sheri Jones Entering Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame

<p>MSU alumna Sheri Jones is a broadcasting and journalism icon in the Greater Lansing area. She's been anchoring the news at Lansing's CBS affiliate, WLNS-TV 6 for 35 years. And she's now also on Lansing's ABC affiliate, WLAJ. We last <a href="https://www.wkar.org/msu-today/2018-07-31/hall-of-fame-bound-wlns-tv-6-anchor-sheri-jones-would-rather-be-right-than-first">spoke in 2018</a> when Sheri was inducted into the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Now in 2023, Sheri is being inducted into the <a href="https://mijournalismhalloffame.org">Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame</a>.</p><p>“It feels great because of the true sense of the word journalism. I really believe that journalists, as I once heard, write the first draft of history. We're watching things as they unfold, and we're writing it down from a factual experiential point of view. And so, for me to have done that for 35 years and tackled some pretty big issues in our community and to be recognized for the journalism part of it, I'm awestruck by it.”</p><p>Where did you grow up and why was MSU the place for you when college came around?</p><p>“Well, it just felt like the place. When I came for my visit, I felt very comfortable here. It was a gut feeling. And I always tell parents, you have to let your child decide with their gut. I was accepted to the school down the street, and I went there with my parents and my dad was like, ‘Do you like it? Do you like it’ and I'm like, ‘Dad, I don't. I just don't feel right here.’ I'm a country girl from a small community on the west side of the state. There are trees and the Red Cedar and open spaces and fresh air. I just felt like this is where I belonged. And looking back, it was the correct decision for multiple reasons.”</p><p>Did you always know you wanted to do broadcasting and journalism or did that develop later after you got here?</p><p>“When I was in high school, I knew I liked a lot of different things. And remember I went to high school when there was no internet. My mom said, ‘Why