Dan Harris Bio

Who is Dan Harris?

Dan Harris is a correspondent for ABC News. In addition, he is an anchor for ‘Nightline’ and co-anchor for the weekend edition of ‘Good Morning America’.

Dan Harris’s Early Life, Childhood, and Education

Dan Harris was born in Newton, Massachusetts on July 26, 1971. He was born to father Jay R. Harris and mother Nancy Lee Harris. His father is the chairman of Harvard’s radiation oncology residency program and also the recipient of the 2007 American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Gold Medal. His mother Nancy is a pathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Furthermore, his younger brother, Matthew Carmichael Harris, is a venture capitalist. He refers to himself as half-Jewish and culturally Jewish. Currently, there is no information regarding Dan’s ethnicity. He is of American nationality. Talking about his childhood, he was raised in Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.

Talking about his education, Dan attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Later, he graduated from there in 1993. He was the original drummer for the rock band The Unbind. In addition, he also holds honorary doctorate degrees from Colby and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Dan Harris’s Career, Salary, and Net Worth

Initially, Dan began his career as an anchor for WLBZ in Bangor, Maine. In 2000, he joined ABC News. Next, from 2006 to 2011, he became the anchor of the ‘World News Sunday’. In addition, he frequently anchors ‘World News’, ‘ABC World News Tonight’ weekend editions and ‘Nightline’. Additionally, he is also a frequent contributor to ‘World News’.

In September 2005, Dan anchored ABC’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina. Furthermore, be also became the new co-anchor for the weekend edition of ‘Good Morning America’. He became the co-anchor for ‘Nightline’. He has reported several important events including mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, Aurora, Colorado and Tucson, Arizona. Also, he has covered various natural disasters from the earthquake in Haiti to Myanmar to New Orleans.

Furthermore, he reported on combat in Afghanistan, Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, and has made six visits to Iraq. In 2012, Dan anchored ABC News Digital’s debate coverage for the presidential election. Furthermore, in 2014, he covered the shootings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa and the opening of One World Trade Center in New York. He has also covered stories on exotic animals such as tigers, lions, clouded leopards and various types of lemurs. It was announced on March 1, 2016, that he would become the host of the game 500 Questions, replacing Richard Quest.

Dan was honored with Edward R. Murrow Award for his reporting on a young Iraqi man who received the help he needed in order to move to America. Furthermore, in 2009, he won an Emmy Award for his “Nightline” report, ‘How to Buy a Child in Ten Hours’. In addition, he won the award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form in 2010. In 2014, Dan published the book, ‘10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge and Found Self-Help That Actually Works’.

He has a net worth of Dan Harris but his salary is not revealed yet.

Dan Harris’s Rumors and Controversy

Dan Harris had a panic attack on live television on Good Morning America in 2004. Furthermore, he became part of a controversy after he confessed to his drug abuse issues in a blog post and even considered it the primary cause of his panic attack.

Dan Harris ’s Body Measurements

Talking about his body measurement, Dan has a height of 5 feet 9 inches or 70.8 inches. Furthermore, his hair color is black and eye color is hazel.

Social Media Profile

Dan Harris is quite active over social media. He has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram. He has more than 192.8K followers on Twitter. In addition, he has more than 70.3k followers on Instagram. Similarly, his Facebook page has more than 87k followers.

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References: (abcnews.go, www.dailymail.co.uk)