Dasha Burns | |
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Born | Christina Burns
[1] March 1, 1992 |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley ( BA) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Employer(s) |
CNN (2015–2016) NBC News (2016–present) |
Christina Burns [1] (born March 1, 1992, in Ukraine), known professionally as Dasha Burns, is an American journalist. She is a national correspondent at NBC News, where she has worked since 2016. [2]
Burns immigrated from Ukraine when she was eight years old. [3] Dasha Burns grew up in San Diego. She graduated from La Costa Canyon High School in 2010 and went on to attend the University of California, Berkeley, [4] [5] graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in media studies and anthropology. [6] [7] In college she was producer at CalTV, [8] acted in university plays on campus, [9] [10] and served as a Matsui Center fellow at the United Nations Information Center Washington in 2014. [11] [6]
After graduating, through 2016, Burns worked as a media writer and strategist for a consulting agency, while writing opinion pieces for CNN. [12] [13]
From May 2016, Burns worked as an associate producer and then producer for the NBC television morning news and talk program Weekend Today. [2] In March 2019 she became a television reporter for NBC News, reporting from the field. [2] In February 2022, Burns was promoted from the County to County project, to correspondent focusing on the 2022 United States elections in Pennsylvania and Ohio. [14]
In October 2022, Burns was the first journalist to have an in-depth face to face interview with Pennsylvania senatorial candidate John Fetterman since his stroke. [15] National Review reported that Fetterman's wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, accused the reporter of ableism and said that Burns should face "consequences" for the interview. [16] After Fetterman debated Republican candidate Mehmet Oz, several members of the media said that Burns was owed an apology from Gisele Fetterman and members of the media. [17]
In March and April 2020, Burns shared her experience of missing work due to contracting the COVID-19 virus. [18] [19]
She married her husband, Ben, in 2019. [20] [21]
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Dasha Burns | |
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Born | Christina Burns
[1] March 1, 1992 |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley ( BA) |
Occupation | Journalist |
Employer(s) |
CNN (2015–2016) NBC News (2016–present) |
Christina Burns [1] (born March 1, 1992, in Ukraine), known professionally as Dasha Burns, is an American journalist. She is a national correspondent at NBC News, where she has worked since 2016. [2]
Burns immigrated from Ukraine when she was eight years old. [3] Dasha Burns grew up in San Diego. She graduated from La Costa Canyon High School in 2010 and went on to attend the University of California, Berkeley, [4] [5] graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in media studies and anthropology. [6] [7] In college she was producer at CalTV, [8] acted in university plays on campus, [9] [10] and served as a Matsui Center fellow at the United Nations Information Center Washington in 2014. [11] [6]
After graduating, through 2016, Burns worked as a media writer and strategist for a consulting agency, while writing opinion pieces for CNN. [12] [13]
From May 2016, Burns worked as an associate producer and then producer for the NBC television morning news and talk program Weekend Today. [2] In March 2019 she became a television reporter for NBC News, reporting from the field. [2] In February 2022, Burns was promoted from the County to County project, to correspondent focusing on the 2022 United States elections in Pennsylvania and Ohio. [14]
In October 2022, Burns was the first journalist to have an in-depth face to face interview with Pennsylvania senatorial candidate John Fetterman since his stroke. [15] National Review reported that Fetterman's wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, accused the reporter of ableism and said that Burns should face "consequences" for the interview. [16] After Fetterman debated Republican candidate Mehmet Oz, several members of the media said that Burns was owed an apology from Gisele Fetterman and members of the media. [17]
In March and April 2020, Burns shared her experience of missing work due to contracting the COVID-19 virus. [18] [19]
She married her husband, Ben, in 2019. [20] [21]
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