Salary

Dana Bash is an American journalist and news anchor with an estimated annual salary of $300,000. Bash is best known as the chief political correspondent for CNN. She is also the co-anchor of State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, the network’s Sunday morning newsmaker show.

Net Worth

American journalist and news broadcaster Dana Bash has $6.5 million estimated net worth as of 2023. Bash is well known for his work as CNN’s top political correspondent. Along with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, she co-anchors the network’s Sunday morning newsmaker program State of the Union.

Additionally, Bash debuted her own Badass Women of Washington digital CNN series. Dana Bash has amassed a sizable wealth throughout her career. Continue reading as we examine Dana Bash’s earnings, salary, and net worth.

Who is Dana Bash?

Dana Ruth Bash is an American journalist and news anchor. She is the host of Inside Politics and co-anchor of CNN’s State of the Union.

Dana Bash Age

As of 2023, Dana Bash is 51 years old. On June 15, 1971 in Manhattan, New York City, Bash was born.

Dana Bash Family

Dana Bash was born to Stuart Schwartz, an ABC News producer who served as the principal broadcast producer for Good Morning America and Frances Schwartz an author and educators in Jewish studies. She lived in New Jersey and Washington, D.C. while growing up.

Dana Bash Husband & Children

She wed John King, a fellow CNN correspondent, in 2008. In 2011, Bash gave birth to a boy, and in 2012, she and King were divorced.

Under pressure over Jewish Women International’s pro-choice stance, she resigned from her position as trustee in 2011.

Bash was married to Jeremy Bash from 1998 to 2007, who would go on to lead the CIA and the Department of Defense under President Barack Obama.

Dana Bash Education Background

Bash attended Montvale, New Jersey’s Pascack Hills High School. She received her bachelor’s in political communications from George Washington University with honors. She worked as an intern for NBC, CBS, and CNN while in college. Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, bestowed an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters to Bash on May 12.

Dana Bash CNN

After graduating from college, Bash worked for CNN as a producer for their weekend shows, including Inside Politics, Late Edition, and Evans & Novak (later occasionally appearing on-air in the absence of regular host John King). Later, she started producing television shows with a focus on reporting on the US Senate, where she later rose to the position of Chief Congressional Correspondent for CNN.

Bash and Jake Tapper will co-host CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday mornings starting in 2021.

Bash was one of the ladies recognized at the 2014 “Women in Washington Power List” event hosted by Elle magazine.

The 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate was moderated by Bash, and it was during this discussion that Kamala Harris famously told Joe Biden, “That little girl was me.”