Lawrence Jones currently serves as co-host of FOX News Channel’s FOX & Friends. He was named to the role in 2023.
Previously, Jones served as host of Lawrence Jones Cross Country, focusing on newsmakers from across the political and cultural spectrum, spotlighting the leading concerns facing Americans nationwide. Since joining FOX News Media in 2018, Jones has become known for his signature storytelling and "man-on-the-street" segments focusing on the impact of various issues on local communities. He was later named enterprise reporter for the FOX & Friends franchise in May 2021 and has filled in as guest-host for the top-rated cable news morning show on both the weekday and weekend editions. Throughout 2021, Jones also served as a regular host for the nightly FOX News Primetime at 7PM/ET.
Jones has interviewed newsmakers across the political spectrum including President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D-MD), Border Czar Tom Homan, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. In the 2024 election cycle, Jones contributed to the network's coverage and traveled to the RNC and DNC. He also traveled to a number of battleground states to present "Breakfast with Friends" segments for FOX & Friends. He also covered the mass shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 children and two adults as well as the Idaho college student murders in 2022.
In the summer of 2020, Jones hosted a one-hour primetime weekend special entitled One Nation which examined the state of race relations from the perspectives of civil rights activists, law enforcement officials and religious leaders. Notably, he conducted an emotional interview with the family of Davell Gardner, Jr., the one-year-old child who was shot and killed by a stray bullet while asleep in his stroller at a cookout in Brooklyn, New York. He also reported extensively from Chicago on the city’s spike in gun violence, interviewing the family of Natalia Wallace, a seven-year-old girl who was killed in a drive-by shooting on the Fourth of July. Later that year he also conducted a wide-ranging interview for FOX Nation with NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace from his home in North Carolina which spanned the start of his career in racing to his activism in the Black Lives Matter movement.
How the Democratic Party’s Progressive Policies Have Decimated the Black Community
Black voters have been loyal to the Democratic Party for decades. Unfortunately, the party hasn't delivered on its long-promised policies that it claims would directly benefit the black community. As an early supporter of President Obama in 2008, Lawrence felt his message of "hope and change" was the solution to all of his community’s problems.
Lawrence eventually discovered that the message of "hope and change" didn't bear much fruit. Lawrence breaks down the failure of the Democratic party and how the best option for the black community is empowerment through free market capitalism.
Conservatives have the right message, but need better messengers who can adequately communicate to the black community. Lawrence breaks down how to make that happen.
The Greatest Threat to the Next Generation
For too long, conservative students have been forced to endure hostile learning environments created by activist professors who prioritize a liberal agenda over a quality education.
Lawrence breaks down the growing tension on colleges campuses over free speech, anti-American rhetoric, attacks on capitalism, praise for socialism, safe spaces, microaggressions, illegal immigration, indoctrination, political correctness and religious freedom.
Lawrence will also explain how conservatives can go on offense.
Lawrence leads a team of 90 reporters who serve as watchdogs of the country’s higher education system by investigating and exposing incidents of liberal bias and abuse on our nation’s college campuses.
The Conservative Case for Criminal Justice Reform
Our government has a constitutional obligation to provide public safety through the criminal justice system but, like many aspects of government, it was designed to serve citizens. Sadly, the system is currently serving government and special interest groups.
There is a conservative response to reform our criminal justice system. We can be both smart and tough on crime.
Lawrence will speak on his experience as a student advocate in the Dallas County juvenile court, and breakdown issues such as overcriminalization, transparency, accountability, civil asset forfeiture and mandatory minimums.