Dana Jacobson Biography
Dana Jacobson is an award winning journalist currently working as a co-host of “CBS Saturday Morning.” from 13 July, 2018 with Michelle Miller. Her work regularly appears across CBS News platforms. She joined the network in 2013.
Dana Jacobson Career
Jacobson has conducted multiple news-making interviews including exclusive profiles with Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant. In addition, she has reported on a number of high-profile assignments including anchoring coverage of the Missouri Duck Boat accident in 2018, reporting on the sexual abuse cases uncovered at Ohio State University and The University of Michigan. Jacobson also received special access to report from the USS Harry S. Truman to report on sailors reuniting with their families after months at sea.
Furthermore, she is an award-winning journalist and has been contributing to CBS News programs since 2015. Additionally, Jacobson has served as a substitute anchor for “CBS This Morning” and “CBS This Morning: Saturday” and anchored on CBSN (now CBS News 24/7).
At CBS News, she has fielded a variety of assignments, including coverage of the Winter Olympics in South Korea, the ongoing investigation and aftermath of sexual abuse charges against former U.S. gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. In addition, Jacobson reported on the efforts of two men to climb Mt. Everest and a profile of parents biking across the country to support Gold Star families.
She has been part of the CBS family since 2013, when she joined the CBS Sports Network as a studio host for “Inside College Football” and “Inside College Basketball.” Jacobson has further served as a sideline reporter on the NCAA tournament since 2015 and has contributed to “The NFL Today” as a reporter.
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Prior to joining CBS News, she served as an anchor on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and “ESPN First Take.” At ESPN, Jacobson also served as a reporter for NBA coverage and was part of the on-air team covering the winter and summer X Games.
She began her television career as an assignment editor at the CBS affiliate in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan. Jacobson turned her focus to on-air reporting and anchoring in Traverse City, Michigan and Sacramento, California where she was honored with National Headliner and Regional Edward R Murrow Awards for sports reporting.
She was born and raised in Bloomfield Hills, in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan in a Jewish family. Jacobson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and communications from the University of Michigan in 1993 and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Dana Jacobson Age
Jacobson was born in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on 5 November, 1971 and is now 53 years old as of 2024.
Dana Jacobson Height
She stands at an approximate height of 1.8m tall.
Dana Jacobson Education
Jacobson attended Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and subsequently attended and graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa in 1989. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and communications from the University of Michigan in 1993 and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Dana Jacobson Family
She was born and raised in Bloomfield Hills, in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan in a Jewish family.
Dana Jacobson Husband
Jacobson got engaged to Boston Celtics play-by-play announcer Sean Grande in 2018 and tied the knot on 28 September, 2019.
Dana Jacobson Children
She is a mother of one child, stepson Jack.
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