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Dana Bash is a successful American reporter, anchorwoman, as well as political correspondent for CNN. Dana Bash has also produced several weekend shows on the channel, including ‘ Evans & Novak, “Late Edition” and “Inside Politics.”

Early Life and Childhood

Dana Bash is 52 years old as of 2024. She was born on June 15, 1971, in New York City, New York, USA. Moreover, her hometown is Montvale, New Jersey, U.S.  Her family is a Reform Jewish family.

Whereas, she was born to Stu Schwartz (father) and Frances Weinman Schwartz (mother).

While her father worked as a senior broadcast producer at ABC News, her mother was both an educator and a writer in Jewish studies. She was the only child of her parents. Likewise, she belongs to an American nationality. Although her ethnicity is still under review.

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Caption: Dana with her father watching football, Source: Instagram

Education

Talking about her educational history, she studied at Montvale, New Jersey’s Pascack Hills High School. She later graduated from George Washington University and received a B.A. in Political Communications.

Personal Life

Talking about Dana’s personal life, she is single at present. She married Jeremy Bash in 1998 but sadly, the marriage didn’t last get last long. Whereas, they decided to end the marriage in 2007.

After her divorce from Jeremy Bash, she married John King, her fellow CNN correspondent. They dated for a few years before tying the knot. They got married in the year 2008.

The couple has one son named Jonah Frank King. Sadly, the marriage also ended after a few years. The couple announced their separation in 2012.

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Caption: Dana with her ex-husband John King, Source: changeup

Body Measurement

Dana is a beautiful woman with a great personality. She has a height of 5 feet 2 inches. Whereas, her body weight and body measurement are still not revealed. Likewise, she has light brown hair and light brown eyes.

Professional Life

Dana did an internship at CBS, NBC, and CNN while at the college. She then worked as an assistant journalist, and then as an anchor for television, covering senates and politicians’ news.

She was the main national correspondent for CNN as well as the top reporter in Washington D.C. Whereas, she also began producing programs that focused on American news.

The American journalist has also created several weekly shows for CNN including ‘ Evans & Novak, ‘ ‘ Inside Politics with Wolf Blitzer ‘ and ‘ Late Edition. ‘

In her journalistic profession, Bash saw many highs and lows. She never grew tired of working, however, and often gives her best. She paid off her hard work and dedication and ultimately became a productive reporter, anchorwoman, and correspondent.

Bash is currently engaged in her new projects, and will certainly have an even more fruitful and bright career in the future. At present, she covers the activities relating US House of Representatives and Senate.

She’s won the Dirksen Award from the National Press Foundation for her excellent work. Before being appointed as CNN’s chief congressional reporter, she had been a longtime White House reporter.
Strangely, she started her career as Dana Schwartz, with the title of her father, and later moved to Bash. She had the experience working as a producer, before becoming an on-air reporter.
Today, she works in a reputed News Channel’s senior-most role, it’s a dream come true for her. She knows she must reach quality. She has a lot of people reporting to her and thus, carrying herself with great panache becomes essential to her.

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Bash has played an important role in CNN’s 2016 primary presidential debates, acting as a questioner on both sides of the political aisle in six of the network’s seven Republican primetime debates.
Bash also acts as a co-anchor on all election night shows filmed in the CNN Election Center and is Jake Tapper’s primary fill-in anchor on CNN’s flagship political show, State of the Union.
Whereas, she held sit-down conversations with several of the candidates as part of her coverage of the 2016 presidential campaigns including Donald Trump, Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Bernie Sanders, and Governors Jeb Bush and John Kasich.
In 2017, Bash launched the CNN series, Badass Women of Washington, highlighting girls from a large variety of backgrounds and
generations and showcasing how they broke glass ceilings on their way up the ranks.
Bash gets intimate with some of the most influential women in our nation’s capital from the halls of Congress to the White House.
In 2018, CNN interviewed her political advisor, Kellyanne Conway, on the perceived influence of a partner and using social media to demonstrate disagreement on political issues.
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Caption: Dana hosting news with her friends at CNN, Source: Instagram

Dana Bash – Net Worth 2024

Talking about her net worth, she has earned a huge amount of interest throughout her professional career. Whereas, she has estimated around $2 million. Likewise, her salary is still unknown.

Dana Bash – Social Media

She is active on social media. She has a huge fan following on social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Whereas, she has more than 50k followers on Instagram with 618 posts. Likewise, she joined Twitter in January 2010 with more than 400k followers on it.