Dana Bash Bio
Dana Bash is an American journalist and a news anchor. Currently she is CNN’s chief political correspondent and co-anchor of State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, the network’s Sunday morning newsmaker show. It was announced in April 2023, that Dana would succeed John King as solo anchor of Inside Politics.
Bash launched her CNN series, Being…, in 2021,which goes beyond her Sunday morning news making interviews. The series features extensively conversations with individuals affecting American policy, politics, and culture. It also gives viewers an understanding of the human being behind the public face.
Before that Bash had launched her digital CNN series, Badass Women of Washington in 2017. The series is to highlight women from a wide range of backgrounds and generations. It also to shows then how they have shattered glass ceilings on their way up the ranks.
Dana joined CNN as a producer of their weekend programs after college. These programs includes Late Edition, Evans & Novak, and Inside Politics. Later she was occasionally appearing on-air in the absence of regular host John King. Afterwards, she started producing programming specializing in coverage of the United States Senate. Eventually she became CNN’s Chief Congressional Correspondent.
Dana Bash Age
Bash is 52 years old as of 2023. She was born on June 15, 1971 in Manhattan, New York in the United States of America. In addition, Dana celebrates her birthday on 15 June every year and her zodiac sign is Gemini.
Dana Bash Height
Dana stands tall at an average height of 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m) and weighs, 54 kg (120 lbs). She has an attractive complexion with blue eyes and blonde hair.
Dana Bash Family
Bash was born Dana Ruth Schwartz in Manhattan, New York, U.S. into a Jewish family. She is the daughter to Frances (née Weinman) Schwartz, and Stuart Schwartz. Her father is an author and educator in Jewish studies, and her mother is an ABC News producer who served as the senior broadcast producer for Good Morning America. Bash grew up living in Washington, D.C., and New Jersey.
Her maternal grandmother, Teri Vidor Weinman, and her family were Hungarian Jews. In October 1941 Weinman escaped to the U.S. with her husband. Howerver her parents and sister were murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp after the occupation of Hungary in 1944.
Dana Bash Education
Bash attended Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey. She graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political communications from George Washington University. When she was at college, Dana interned at NBC, CBS, and CNN. On May 12, 2018, Bash received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire.
Dana Bash Husband
Dana is currently single. However, she was previously married twice. Bash was first married to Jeremy Bash, who would become CIA chief of staff and Department of Defense chief of staff under President Barack Obama. The two tied the knot in 1998 and got divorced in 2007. In 2008, she married fellow CNN correspondent John King. Bash gave birth to a son in 2011; she and King divorced in 2012.
Dana Bash Salary
Bash earns an annual salary of $3 million from her career as a CNN’s chief political correspondent and co-anchor of State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, the network’s Sunday morning newsmaker show.
Dana Bash Net worth
Bash has an estimated net worth of $9 Million as of 2023. Her main source of income is her successful career as a journalist, news anchor, host of Inside Politics and co-anchor of State of the Union on CNN.