American journalist
Dana Bash
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Bash in 2012
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Born
| Dana Ruth Schwartz
(
1971-06-15
)
June 15, 1971
(age 53)
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Education
| George Washington University
(
BA
)
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Occupations
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Employer
| CNN
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Spouses
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(
m.
1998;
div.
2007)
(
m.
2008;
div.
2012)
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Children
| 1
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Relatives
| Stuart Schwartz
(father)
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Dana Ruth Bash
[a]
(born June 15, 1971; nee
Schwartz
) is an
American
journalist
, news anchor, host of
Inside Politics
and co-anchor of
State of the Union
on
CNN
.
Early life and education
[
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]
Bash was born Dana Ruth Schwartz in
Manhattan
into a Jewish family, to Frances (nee Weinman) Schwartz, an author and educator in
Jewish studies
, and
Stuart Schwartz
, an
ABC News
producer who served as the senior broadcast producer for
Good Morning America
.
[1]
Bash's maternal grandmother, Teri Vidor Weinman, and her family were Hungarian Jews. Weinman escaped to the U.S. with her husband in October 1941, but her parents and sister were murdered at
Auschwitz concentration camp
after the
occupation of Hungary
in 1944.
[2]
Bash grew up living in
Washington, D.C.
, and
New Jersey
.
[1]
Bash attended
Pascack Hills High School
in
Montvale
, New Jersey.
[3]
She graduated
cum laude
with a bachelor's degree in political communications from
George Washington University
.
[4]
[5]
While at college, she interned at
NBC
,
CBS
, and
CNN
.
[1]
On May 12, 2018, Bash received an honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters
from
Franklin Pierce University
in
Rindge
,
New Hampshire
.
[6]
Career
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After college, Bash joined CNN as a producer of their weekend programs such as
Late Edition
,
Evans & Novak
, and
Inside Politics
(later occasionally filling in for regular host
John King
). Later, she began producing programming specializing in coverage of the
United States Senate
where she would eventually become CNN's Chief Congressional Correspondent.
[7]
Bash was one of the women honored at
Elle
magazine's 2014 "Women in Washington Power List" event.
[8]
Bash was host of the 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate where
Kamala Harris
was noted for making her "that little girl was me" statement to
Joe Biden
.
[9]
[10]
In 2021, Bash joined
Jake Tapper
to become co-host of CNN's Sunday morning show
State of The Union
.
In April 2023, CNN announced that Bash would succeed
John King
as solo anchor of
Inside Politics
.
[11]
[12]
In 2024 she co-moderated a Republican Primary Debate in Iowa alongside Jake Tapper between
Nikki Haley
and
Ron DeSantis
[13]
Personal life
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]
From 1998 to 2007, Bash was married to
Jeremy Bash
, who would become
CIA
chief of staff and
Department of Defense
chief of staff under President
Barack Obama
.
[14]
[15]
In 2008, she married fellow CNN correspondent
John King
.
[16]
[17]
Bash gave birth to a son in 2011; she and King divorced in 2012.
[18]
[19]
In 2011, she resigned as a trustee of
Jewish Women International
under pressure over its
abortion-rights advocacy
. A number of conservative blogs had highlighted the group's position on abortion after Bash accepted the trustee position.
[20]
Notes
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References
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Palmer, Joanne (May 1, 2015).
"News from a Jersey girl - CNN's Dana Bash talks at a benefit for the Academies at Gerrard Berman Day School"
.
Jewish Standard
.
At 43, she has more than a decade of high-visibility work for the network behind her
- ^
Blitzer, Wolf; Bash, Dana (April 22, 2023).
"Reporters' notebook: An intensely personal trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau"
.
CNN
. Retrieved
May 1,
2023
.
- ^
Holahan, Catherine (January 2, 2003).
"CNN assigns Montvale native to cover White House"
.
The Record
. Bergen County, New Jersey. Archived from
the original
on May 16, 2011
. Retrieved
April 29,
2008
.
MONTVALE ? Dana Bash grew up behind the scenes. And family members say it was just a matter of time before the Pascack Hills High School graduate and newest CNN White House correspondent was in front of them.
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Josephs, Susan.
"10 Women to watch: Dana Bash"
.
Jewish Women Magazine
. Archived from
the original
on December 15, 2019
. Retrieved
November 1,
2015
.
- ^
"WEDDINGS; Dana Schwartz, Jeremy Bash"
.
The New York Times
. September 6, 1998.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
February 3,
2020
.
- ^
Handy, Nicholas (May 13, 2018).
"Speakers bring the sunshine to rainy FPU commencement Saturday"
.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
. Retrieved
May 2,
2022
.
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"CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Dana Bash"
.
www.cnn.com
. Retrieved
February 3,
2020
.
- ^
Watters, Susan (March 26, 2014).
"Gucci and Elle Honor Women in Washington Power List"
. WWD
. Retrieved
March 28,
2014
.
- ^
Steinberg, Brian (July 8, 2019).
"CNN Taps Dana Bash, Don Lemon, Jake Tapper to Host Next Democrat Debate"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
February 4,
2021
.
- ^
Kamala Harris confronts Joe Biden on debate stage - CNN Video
, June 28, 2019
, retrieved
February 4,
2021
- ^
"CNN Announces New Roles for John King and Dana Bash"
. Retrieved
April 27,
2023
.
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Jeremy Barr (April 27, 2023).
"Dana Bash will succeed John King as anchor of CNN political news show"
.
Washington Post
. Retrieved
April 28,
2023
.
- ^
Astor, Maggie (January 2, 2024).
"CNN's Iowa Debate Will Be a DeSantis-Haley Showdown"
.
The New York Times
.
ISSN
0362-4331
. Retrieved
May 17,
2024
.
- ^
"Weddings; Dana Schwartz, Jeremy Bash"
.
The New York Times
. September 6, 1998
. Retrieved
July 12,
2011
.
- ^
Stein, Jeff (April 3, 2009).
"CIA Has a Bash, Jeremy Bash"
.
Huffington Post
.
- ^
Bloom, Nate
(February 8, 2008).
"Grammy Time"
.
J. The Jewish News of Northern California
.
CNN chief national correspondent John King, 43, is set to marry CNN congressional correspondent Dana Bash, 36, in May. King, who is of Irish Catholic background, told the New York Post: "I'm studying to convert and will consider inviting you to my bar mitzvah.
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"Bash, King s king-sized bash to take place on Cape Cod"
.
Washington Examiner
. March 26, 2008.
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"Love, etc.: CNN's Dana Bash and John King welcome son"
.
The Washington Post
. June 29, 2011.
- ^
"John King and Dana Bash separate; CNN stars were married four years"
.
The Washington Post
. March 20, 2012
. Retrieved
March 21,
2012
.
- ^
"CNNs Bash severs ties to Jewish womens [sic] group"
.
J. The Jewish News of Northern California
. June 24, 2011.
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