Dana Bash Biography
Dana Bash is an American anchor/reporter/correspondent working for CNN News serving as a news anchor for the network. She currently works with the network.
Dana Bash Age
Bash who was born Dana Ruth Bash is 51 years old as of 2022. She was born on June 15, 1971, in Manhattan, New York City.
Dana Bash Height
Bash stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 2 inches.
Dana Bash Family
Bash was born to her loving parents who are of Jewish ethnicity, Frances (née Weinman) Schwartz and Stuart Schwartz. Frances is both an educator and an author in Jewish studies and Stuart is a producer for ABC News. There she served at Good Morning America as the senior broadcast producer. She grew up living in New Jersey, and Washington, D.C.
Dana Bash Husband
Bash was married to his loving husband Jeremy Bash who was to be President Barack Obama’s Department of Defense and the CIA chief of staff. The duo tied the knot in the year 1998 and later divorced in the year 2007.
Later in 2008, Bash tied the knot with John King who was her fellow CNN correspondent. They were later blessed with a son Jonah Frank King who was born in the year 2011. Unfortunately, the duo divorced a year after their son’s birth.
Dana Bash’s Net Worth
Bash has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a news anchor.
Dana Bash Salary
Bash earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Dana Bash Education
Bash studied at Montvale, New Jersey in Pascack Hills High School and later graduated. She later went to George Washington University and graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political communications. Prior to her being a college student, she also worked as an intern at CNN, CBS, and NBC. In May 12, 2018, Bash was accorded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Franklin Pierce in Rindge, New Hampshire.
Dana Bash Career
Bash is a chief political correspondent and co-anchor working for CNN. There she anchors the network’s newsmaker show Sunday morning which is a State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash. There she covered both Congress and campaigns and also worked regularly for the network’s town hall specials as a moderator. She also moderated for the network’s Democratic Presidential Debate of the cycle which was held in Washington, D.C., and the 2020 election cycle in Detroit.
Bash also did special coverages on the 2020 election in America surrounding Election Night that lasted for several days till it became the first to project the winner Joe Biden. Later in 2019 became the National Press Foundation’s Sol Taishoff Award winner. The award was accorded to her for her excellent work in Broadcast Journalism.
Bash later in 2021 launched the network’s series, Being…, whose focus is beyond her news-making interviews on the Sunday morning show. The series mainly features interviews with individuals that affect politics, American policy, and culture – giving viewers. This gave human beings a better understanding of the public face. She later launched the network digital series in 2017 Badass Women of Washington, which highlighted women from a wide range of backgrounds and generations. The series revealed how the women got their way up the ranks by shattering glass ceilings.
In CNN’s 2016 presidential primary debates, Bash played the role of a questioner in six of the network’s seven primetime primary debates on both sides of the aisle. Additionally, for all election night specials, she works as a co-anchor on set in the CNN Election Center. She conducted sit-down interviews with the majority of the candidates including Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Governors Jeb Bush, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and John Kasich.
Bash continues to be instrumental in the network’s Capitol Hill coverage. She later did live coverage in 2015 that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy would not be fighting for the Speaker of the House seat. Bash also featured Speaker John Boehner during his last day in office. For the network, Bash covered the 11-hour testimony of the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the lead correspondent prior to the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
Bash also reported live from Washington in CNN’s Election Center, the DNC, and the RNC war rooms during the network’s midterm Election Night in America coverage. She has featured various interviews with several lawmakers including television-exclusive Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio). The interview revolved around Portman’s gay reversal marriage.
Bash also interviewed former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (R-Ariz.) and her husband Mark Kelly that hit the headlines. Additionally, Bash also covered Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) after each Senate filibuster member.
Dana Bash Marriage/Partner
Despite all rumors Bash is not married to anyone instead she is dating her fiancee Spencer Garret who is a Hollywood actor. The two have been dating since 2013 up to date.
Dana Bash CNN News
Bash is working at CNN News where she works alongside other famous CNN News meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;
- Jim Acosta
- Christiane Amanpour
- Becky Anderson
- Zain Asher
- John Avlon
- John Berman
- Victor Blackwell
- Wolf Blitzer
- Kate Bolduan
- Pamela Brown
Dana Bash Social media platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She has over 126K followers on Instagram, over 1.4K followers on Facebook, and over 638.5K followers on her Twitter accounts.