Dana Priest Washington Post, Bio, Wiki, Age, Husband, Salary, and Net Worth

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Dana Priest is a popular American journalist, writer, and teacher. As of now, Dana works as The Washington Post reporter, and tenured Journalism Professor, at the University of Maryland. Dana has served for about 30 years for the Washington Post and was the third John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism in 2014 at the Campus of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

Prior to becoming a full-time investigative reporter at the Post, Dana specialized in intelligence reporting and wrote several articles on the U.S. “War on terror” and became the newspaper’s Pentagon correspondent. Dana won the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 due to his Beat Reporting citing “her persistent, painstaking coverage on secret “black site” prisons and other controversial features of the government’s counter-terrorism campaign.”

The 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service was won by The Washington Post citing the service of reporters Dana and Anne Hull as well as photographer Michel du Cille “disclosing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry plus producing reforms by federal officials.”

She was awarded the George Polk Award in February 2006, due to her National Reporting for her November 2005 article about secret CIA detention facilities in foreign nations. She also disclosed the existence of the Counterterrorist Intelligence Centers (CTIC) in a November 17, 2005, front-page article, which counter-terrorist operations centers run jointly by the CIA and foreign intelligence services.

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Dana Priest Age

Dana was born on May 23, 1957, in Canoga Park, California, in the United States. She is 65 years old.

Dana Priest Height

She is a woman of above-average stature. Dana stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in ( Approx1.65 m).

Dana Priest Family

She was born and raised to her caring and loving father and mother in Canoga Park, California. At the moment, Dana has not mentioned any details concerning either her parents or if she has siblings.

Dana Priest Husband

Dana is married to her husband William Goodfellow. The pair married in 1989. Dana and her husband have two children. Together they reside in Washington DC.

Dana Priest Education

After completing her primary and high school education, Dana attended the University of California at Santa Cruz. Later on, Dana earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Dana Priest Washington Post

She reports to the intelligence community for The Washington Post. Dana spent eight years writing about the U.S. military. In Dana’s book about the military’s expanding responsibility and influence, “THE MISSION: Waging War as well as Keeping Peace With America’s Military,”  was published in Feb. 2003 by WW Norton & Co.

Dana has served at the Post for 15 years, where she served as the Post’s Pentagon correspondent for a period of six years and later wrote exclusively about the military as an investigative reporter. Besides, Dana became one of the first reporters on the ground for the invasion of Panama (1989), covered from Iraq in late 1990 just prior to the war started, and also covered the 1999 Kosovo war from airbases in Europe.

Dana has written extensively for The Post about the nation’s four regional commanders-in-chief, Army Special Forces training programs overseas, the 1999 Kosovo air war as well as the Army’s peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and Kosovo.

Dana’s colleagues at the Washington Post Include:

George Will -political commentator

David Waigel – political contributor

Thomas Boswell – political commentator

Tom Hamburger -reporter

Yeganeh Torbati -reporter

Wil Haygood -author

Erin Cox -political reporter

Dana Priest Books

– Top Secret America (2011)
-The Mission (2003)
-Mision Pa W/Snw (2004)

Dana Priest Salary

She earns a satisfying amount from her work as The Washington Post reporter, and tenured Journalism Professor, at the University of Maryland. Dana’s average salary is $88,307 per year.

Dana Priest Net Worth

She gets her wealth from her work as The Washington Post reporter, and tenured Journalism Professor, at the University of Maryland. Therefore, Dana has accumulated a decent fortune over the years she has served. Dana’s estimated net worth is $821,110.

How Old Is Dana Priest

Dana is a 65-year-old who was born on May 23, 1957, in Canoga Park, California, in the United States.

Is Dana Priest Married

Yes. Dana married her husband William Goodfellow. The pair married in 1989. Dana and her husband also have two children. Together they reside in Washington DC.

Who Is Dana Priest

Dana works as The Washington Post reporter, and tenured Journalism Professor, at the University of Maryland. Dana has served for about 30 years for the Washington Post and was the third John S. and also James L. Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism in 2014 at the Campus of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

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