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Dana Bash
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| Organization: | CNN |
| Role: | Anchor |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Expertise: | Journalism |
| Education: | George Washington University (B.A. political communications) |
Dana Bash is chief political correspondent for CNN, where she has worked for over 20 years. Bash's reportage has covered a variety of topics, including Hurricane Katrina and the 2008 presidential election, and earned her two Dirksen Awards as well as a Peabody Award.
She has produced several CNN public affairs shows, including "Late Edition with Frank Sesno" and "Inside Politics Weekend with Wolf Blitzer."[1]
Career
After graduating from George Washington University with a B.A. in political communications in 1993, Dana Bash began working at CNN's Washington D.C. Bureau as a library assistant.[2] She then became an editor at the bureau and then a producer, working on public affairs shows like "Inside Politics with Wolf Blitzer" and "Evans & Novak." She also worked as a Capitol Hill producer, coordinating the network's U.S. Senate coverage, and in 2002, she received a Dirksen Award from the National Press Foundation for her reporting on the government interception of Al-Qaeda translations on Sept. 10, 2001.[1]
Bash reported on the 2000 U.S. presidential primaries and several House and Senate races across the nation. She would later cover the 2004 presidential campaign and the 2006 midterm elections, and she received a Peabody Award for her work on CNN's "America Votes 2008" coverage of the 2008 presidential elections. She also served as a White House correspondent, covering George W. Bush's administration, and in March 2006, she began covering the U.S. Congress and won her second Dirksen Award for her coverage of congressional "earmarks" in 2010.[1]
In August 2015, CNN President Jeff Zucker announced that Bash was promoted to chief political correspondent and that she had been tapped to moderate the Republican presidential primary debate in September.[3]
Presidential debates (2015–2016)
- See also: Presidential debates (2015-2016)
On August 17, 2015, CNN announced that Dana Bash would moderate the Republican presidential primary debate, consisting of two back-to-back debates, with Hugh Hewitt and Jake Tapper. Sixteen candidates participated in the debate, which was held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, Calif. on September 16.[3][4]
On November 20, 2015, CNN announced that Bash would join Hugh Hewitt as a questioner for the fifth Republican presidential primary debate moderated by Wolf Blitzer at the Venetian in Las Vegas, Nev. on December 15.[5]
Media
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 CNN, "Dana Bash," accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Dana Bash: A well-regarded and low-key debate moderator who would prefer not to be the story," accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Politico, "CNN's Dana Bash named chief political correspondent," accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ Politico, "16 GOP candidates invited to CNN debate," accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "CNN Republican presidential debate criteria announced," November 20, 2015
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