Athena Jones served as a White House correspondent during the first Trump administration and as a national correspondent in New York until August 2024. She is a breast cancer survivor and is co-directing her first feature documentary (Sisters’ Keepers) on Black women, breast cancer and health equity. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in Government and has a master’s degree from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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ABOUT SISTERS' KEEPERS

In this intimate documentary, inspired by my own story as a breast cancer survivor diagnosed twice in my 30s, I investigate why Black women in America are on average 40% more likely to die of the disease than white women and explore whether adjusting screening guidelines for Black women could save more lives.

FILM

Sisters' Keepers

PROGRAM AFFILIATION

Documentary Lab

COHORT YEAR

2022-2024

INSTAGRAM

@iamathenajones