Dana Bash
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| Dana Bash | ||
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| Birth name | Dana Schwartz | |
| Education | The George Washington University | |
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| Occupation | Reporter and anchorwoman | |
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Dana Ruth Bash King (1972) is a CNN reporter and anchorwoman who currently covers the Capitol Hill beat alongside Jessica Yellin. Previous to this assignment, she was a White House correspondent for the network.
After completing her undergraduate degree at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., she joined CNN as Dana Schwartz. Before becoming an on-air reporter, she was a producer for CNN on Capitol Hill, specializing in coverage of the U.S. Senate. Previous to that assignment, she produced for CNN's weekend programs, Late Edition, Evans & Novak and Inside Politics.
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[edit] Education
Bash graduated from Pascack Hills High School in her hometown of Montvale, New Jersey.[1]
[edit] Personal life
Bash is the daughter of Stu Schwartz, an ABC News producer who is currently the senior broadcast producer of ABC News, based at Good Morning America. Her mother is an educator in Jewish studies and author of the book, "Passage to Pesach," and co-author with Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, of two books, "Jewish Moral Virtues," and "A Touch of the Sacred." Bash's brother, David Schwartz, is a New York City-based producer of video news and video public relations, who recently began his own company, DMS Productions.
In 1998, Dana Schwartz married Jeremy Bash, a senior congressional aide on the House Intelligence Committee; they divorced in 2007. In 2008, she married fellow CNN correspondent John King.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Holahan, Catherine. "CNN assigns Montvale native to cover White House", The Record (Bergen County), January 2, 2003. Accessed 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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