Emma Jones (born 23 May 1975) is a Welsh journalist. Education She attended Mold Alun School and Staffordshire University. Career She joined the Evening Leader newspaper in her home town of Mold. Jones worked on a variety of stories, from hard news to showbiz at the Sunday Mirror, then The Mail On Sunday and The Sun. She worked as editor of Smash Hits magazine in 2001, but returned to The Sun in 2002 to become its youngest columnist. Jones was twice nominated for the UK Press Gazette Young Journalist of the Year Award, and the then editor of The Sun David Yelland described her as "the brightest young female voice in Britain". On 28 July 2018 Jones published her first novel Supernova Hangover. Broadcast media Jones was a regular contributor to radio and TV, twice co-presenting the National TV Awards for ITV2 with Tess Daly. References 1975 births Living people Alumni of Staffordshire University Daily Mail journalists Daily Mirror people People from Mold, Flintshire The Sun (United Kingdom) people Welsh journalists Welsh women journalists People educated at Alun School, Mold