Dana Bash Biography / Wiki
Dana Bash is an American award-winning journalist, anchor and reporter currently working as a host of Inside Politics and co-anchor of State of the Union on CNN. The network’s political coverage relies heavily on Bash, an award-winning journalist who routinely moderates presidential debates and town hall programs, conducts high-profile interviews with politicians, and anchors CNN’s Election Night in America special coverage. She co-moderated the historic presidential debate between Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden on CNN in 2024.
Bash and David Fisher co-wrote “America’s Deadliest Race,” her debut book, which describes the 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial race. It made its debut as a New York Times bestseller. Bash began her CNN series, Being…, in 2021. It contains in-depth interviews with people who have an impact on American politics, policy, and society, allowing viewers to see the person behind the public persona.
She highlights women from all generations and backgrounds in her digital CNN series, Badass Women of Washington, to demonstrate how they have broken down glass barriers to advance in their careers. She examines how antisemitism, which was previously the hate of radicals, spread throughout society and looks at methods to stop it in her CNN Special Report Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America.
Dana Bash Age / Birthday
How old is Bash? She is 54 years old as of 2025. Dana was born on June 15, 1971, in Manhattan, New York, United States. She celebrates her birthday on 15th June every year.
Dana Bash Education
Dana attended Pascack Hills High School in Montvale. She graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political communications from George Washington University. Dana is also a graduate of Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, where she received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in May 2018. ALSO READ: Zain Asher
Dana Bash Height / Measurements
How tall is Bash? She stands at an average height of 5 feet 1 inch (1.57 m). However, information about her other body measurements is currently under review.
Dana Bash Nationality / Ethnicity
Dana holds American nationality and citizenship by birth. She was born and raised in Manhattan, New York, United States. She is of Jewish ethnicity/heritage.
Dana Bash Parents / Family
Bash was born and raised by Jewish parents, Stu Schwartz and Frances Weinman Schwartz, in Manhattan, New York, United States. She has a sister named David Schwartz. In 1944, her parents and sister were murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp after the occupation of Hungary. Dana’s grandmother, Teri Vidor Weinman, and her family were Hungarian Jews. Weinman escaped to the United States with her husband in October 1941.
Dana Bash Husband / Married / Partner
Is Dana married? Yes, she is happily married to John King, a fellow CNN correspondent. The couple had a son, born in 2011, and they later divorced in 2012. Previously, she was married to Jeremy Bash, who would later become the CIA chief of staff and the Department of Defense chief of staff under President Barack Obama.
Dana Bash Salary
Bash is an American journalist, anchor and reporter earning an annual salary ranging from $20,000 to $80,000.
Dana Bash Net Worth
Dana has been working as a host of Inside Politics and co-anchor of State of the Union on CNN and has an estimated net worth between $1 million and $7 million.
Dana Bash CNN
Bash is working as a host of Inside Politics and co-anchor of State of the Union on CNN. The network’s political coverage relies heavily on Bash, an award-winning journalist who routinely moderates presidential debates and town hall programs, conducts high-profile interviews with politicians, and anchors CNN’s Election Night in America special coverage. She co-moderated the historic presidential debate between Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden on CNN in 2024.
Bash and David Fisher co-wrote “America’s Deadliest Race,” her debut book, which describes the 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial race. It made its debut as a New York Times bestseller. Bash began her CNN series, Being…, in 2021. It contains in-depth interviews with people who have an impact on American politics, policy, and society, allowing viewers to see the person behind the public persona.
She highlights women from all generations and backgrounds in her digital CNN series, Badass Women of Washington, to demonstrate how they have broken down glass barriers to advance in their careers. She examines how antisemitism, which was previously the hate of radicals, spread throughout society and looks at methods to stop it in her CNN Special Report Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America.
