Last updated on January 6th, 2019 at 09:28 am
The life of American News Anchor John King revolves around CNN, the place where his career has grown, a place that has seen him financially rewarded as well as a place where he has once again found love. The native of Massachusetts is a well-known American journalist who is best known as CNN’s Chief National correspondent. He is the current policy anchor, a 30-minute Sunday morning program with a panel of top political correspondents. Besides it, he also anchors the inside politics segments of the weekday morning on CNN’s News Day. He has covered seven presidential elections over the course of his career and has reported from more than 70 countries and all 50 US states. He was awarded the Top Reporting Award of the Associated Press Management Editors’ Association in 1991 for his coverage of the Gulf War in Kuwait.
The early life of John King
John King was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 30 August 1963. He belongs to a descendant of Jews and Irish people. The native of Boston graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Journalism degree. He holds an honorary degree from URI and Hobart and William Smith Colleges as well.
John King’s Career
King began his professional life as an Associated Press writer in 1985 and became the chief political correspondent. He covered the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections. He was one of the first correspondents to report from a liberated Kuwait in 1991 and was also recognized for it. After a strong background in his career, he joined CNN in 1997 and was named Chief National Correspondent in 2005. Until 2005, he was the senior White House correspondent of CNN and contributed to the Iraq War and 9/11 stories. He has worked with POTUS during his time at CNN as a reporter, including an exclusive interview with Bill Clinton in 1998 and accompanying Bush on a short trip to Baghdad in 2006. CNN is definitely the kingdom of King's career!
In the Personal life of John King
The peak moments of John King’s life certainly revolve around CNN, because it is not only the place where he found a stable career, but also the place where he found love with Dana Bash. In 2007, King met with his future wife Bash, a senior congressional correspondent at CNN. And about a year later, after they got married, the couple turned their professional relationship to an intimate. The lovers linked the love knot in Cape Cod in 2008, the second marriage for both spouses.
King was previously married to his wife, Jean and the couple had their union son and daughter. Meanwhile, Bash was married to Jeremy Bash, Chief of Staff of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, with no children. And for the third time in 2011, King became a father after welcoming baby boy Jonah Frank King in 2011. It was a moment of joy for both the couple and their colleagues and a cause for celebration throughout the CNN. The political ticker blog of the network announced the news, calling the first child of the family & a political reporter of the next generation. “Everything seemed to be going well in their lives, but nothing is as it seems.”
The CNN husband-wife duo decided in 2012 to call it quits after less than four years of marriage. There was no clear reason for divorce, although the couple revealed that the decision was tough for both of them. Dana has again found love after the divorce and has been dating actor Spencer Garrett since 2013. Meanwhile, the love life of John King after two failed marriages remains unknown and is thought to be unique at the moment. Even if love is not a constant in his life, CNN is sure!
The net worth of John King
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After establishing himself as one of the greatest names in CNN, King undoubtedly made himself a tremendous fortune thanks to his salary and other benefits. He is one of the highest paid journalists as a national correspondent in terms of wages. An average correspondent makes between 80,000 and 180,000 dollars a year everywhere. And John, who has a distinguished career, certainly has a salary of $ 150,000 to $ 180,000 in the upper range. The net worth is another measure of his wage though he holds an estimated net worth of $2 million dollars.
