Danya Bacchus Biography
Danya Bacchus is a media personality serving as a correspondent at CBS Newspath. Prior to joining the CBS News team in 2019, she worked at ABC News in West Los est Angeles as a freelance correspondent and at NBC 7 Sandigo as a reporter and anchor.
Danya Bacchus Age
How old is Danya? According to my information, Danya is 41 years old in 2023. She was born on 15 December 1982 in California.
Danya Bacchus Height
She is 5 feet 8 inches tall which is approximated as 1.72m or 172cm.
Danya Bacchus Nationality
Bacchus holds American nationality.
Danya Bacchus Education
She graduated from North Carolina Agriculture and Technology University with a Bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication. During Bacchus’ senior year, she interned at a local station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Danya Bacchus Family
Bacchus was born and raised by her parents in Los Angeles. She spent her childhood with her two Siblings, a brother and a sister. However, the details concerning her parents are not public.
Danya Bacchus Husband and Kids
Danya is happily married to to her husband, Eric Whipple who is an engineer. The couple tied the knot on 15, October 2016 within the sight of their dear ones. They are blessed with an adorable son Jalyn, who was born on 19 September 2018. They both reside in Los Angeles.
Danya Bacchus CBS News
Bacchus is an American journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She is a correspondent at CBS Newspath. She began her career working behind the scenes as an assignment editor and producer at WXLV. Bacchus also worked as a production assistant for BET and writer for TV One. Prior to joining ABC News in August 2016, she was a reporter and anchor at NBC in San Diego, California.
Before arriving in San Diego, Bacchus was a general assignment reporter at WREG in Memphis, Tennessee. Before going to Memphis, she was a reporter and anchor at WMDT, a local ABC affiliate in Salisbury, Maryland.
In 2019, Bacchus became a correspondent at CBS Newspath.
She joined CBS News after spending the past three years as a freelance correspondent for ABC News in West Los Angeles, where she reported on a wide range of national stories, including the college admissions scandal, a hostage standoff at a Los Angeles Trader Joe’s supermarket, and the case of a California couple who kept their 13 children shackled in their home.
In 2016, Bacchus completed a prestigious eight-month Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan. The program is named after the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the late, legendary 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace. Each of the 18 to 20 participants each year is required to complete a research project. Bacchus’ research was titled “Leaderless Movements: The Rise of Digital Activism.”
She is a former President of the San Diego Association of Black Journalists and a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Danya Bacchus Salary
She earns an average annual salary of $20,000 – $100,000 as a Senior Political Reporter at CBS News Australia as of 2023.
Danya Bacchus Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $1 million – $5 million as of 2023.
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