| Jo Wilson | |
| Birth Date: | 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Perth, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Education: | Perth High School |
| Alma Mater: | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| Employer: | Sky Sports News |
| Years Active: | 2011present |
Jo Wilson (born 1984)[1] is a Scottish television presenter who currently works for Sky Sports News.
Wilson started as a Graduate Trainee at Sky Sports News in 2011, before becoming a sub editor then getting promoted to co-producer. This led her to making her screen debut as a presenter on Sky Sports News in 2015.[2]
Wilson graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University with a Masters in journalism in 2011. During her studies Wilson worked at Pizza Hut in Stirling.
As a sprinter and a jumper, Wilson represented Perth and her county. Receiving an athletics scholarship when she was 17, she spent a year at The Stony Brook School in New York doing athletics and basketball. She supports St Johnstone F.C. Wilson saw her first match at McDiarmid Park aged 7 in November 1992 against Motherwell, the game was abandoned at half time because of snow. On 23 September 2020, Wilson gave birth to a daughter. Wilson returned to Sky Sports News on 20 April 2021, after being on maternity leave for 13 months due to COVID-19 restrictions.[3]
On 5 September 2022, Wilson announced that she had been diagnosed with stage III cervical cancer following a recent smear test.[4] A month later, she married her partner Dan McGrath, with whom she had a daughter, Mabel.[5]
She returned to Sky Sports News on 30 November 2022, co-hosting on the 7pm timeslot.[6] In April 2023, it was reported that she had fully recovered.[7]