Dana Bash (/ˈdænə/ DAN-ah; born Dana Ruth Schwartz; June 15, 1971) is an American journalist, anchorwoman, and political correspondent for CNN.

Bash was born to a Reform Jewish family^[1][2][3] in Manhattan. Her father was an ABC News producer who served as the senior broadcast producer for Good Morning America and her mother was an author and educator in Jewish studies.^[1]

Bash attended Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey.^[4][1] She graduated cum laude with her bachelor's degree in political communications from George Washington University.^[2] 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.

After college, Bash joined CNN as a producer of their weekend programs such as Late Edition, Evans & Novak, and Inside Politics. Later she began producing programming specializing in coverage of the U.S. Senate.

Bash was one of the women honored at Elle magazine's 2014 "Women in Washington Power List" event.^[5]

Bash was married to former CIA Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash from 1998 to 2007.^[6][7] In 2008 she married fellow CNN correspondent John King.^[3][8] Bash gave birth to a son in June 2011 and separated from her husband in 2012.^[9][10]