You are on the right page to know about the successful career and stories of life about Dan Harris. Dan works for ABC as a news reporter and has already achieved a lot as a journalist. He hosts ABC News and is also working as a co-anchor for the show ‘Nightline’.
Dan is with ABC news since 2000. He started working as a co-anchor in ‘Nightline’ from October 2013.He also sometimes anchors the program ‘The 700 Club’ for CBN and is also in the weekend edition of the hit ABC show, Good Morning America.
Let us first talk about where you can find him; he can be reached on Twitter or on Facebook. He seems to love photography, clicking pictures of anything including his breakfast at work, people whom he works with and his pets and of course himself. So if you want to check out his pictures, you can follow him.
Dan is an award-winning reporter. He has won many honors, reviews, and awards for his outstanding news reporting from all over the world. Harris won the prestigious Emmy Award for his report ‘How to Buy a Child in Ten Hours’ in ‘Nightline’. He also received the Edward R. Murrow Award for reporting about a young Iraqi man who received the help he needed while moving to America.
45 years of age, Harris still looks fresh and smart. This ABC correspondent has a height of 5 feet 8 inches, which he once mentioned in the show, 20/20 aired on August 9, 2013. The tall Harris is admired and loved by all of his co-anchors and co-workers. He has a charming personality.
Harris has a good fan base. Some fans doubt that the handsome reporter might be gay, some have a crush on him, and most of them want to see him shirtless.
Harris has covered important news and has given an outstanding performance while covering the news from all around the world. He has reported on news such as the series of mass shooting events in Connecticut, Arizona, Colorado, New Town, as well as many natural disasters as the earthquake in Haiti, Myanmar, and New Orleans.
He has reported directly from Afghanistan, Gaza, Israel, and Iraq in the times of war. Moreover, although he is an agnostic, he covered religion in America for many years.
This ABC journalist was once rumored to be fired from ABC, but he still continues to work there. The talented Harris must be given handsome salary and may be one of the highest in the ABC news.
His net worth allures everyone! It is a total of $110 million.
Harris has admitted on national television that he was on drugs for a long time. Sometimes, stories like this tend to ruin the life of the celebrated people. He struggled with drug use for years.
On 2004, he was seen as having on-air panic attacks on GMA (Good Morning America). He confessed that high use of cocaine and ecstasy was the reason behind those panic attacks. The panic attack news was a breaking news and broadcasted all over television at that time.
Talking about Dan’s love life, he got married in May 2009. His wife is Dr. Bianca Harris, a Pulmonologist, currently in New York, NY. He is happy with where his life is, and he has confessed that it was hard for him to be happy even after overcoming many hurdles. So, there may be microscopic chance of Harris getting a divorce from his wife.
The love resulted in this amazing one!
Harris was born on July 26, 1971, in Newton, Massachusetts. A Colby College graduate, he was interested in journalism and news reporting from his college days. He started his career by working for local news in Maine and Boston. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
Dan Harris can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. On Twitter, he can be followed at @danbharris. His short biography can be read in the TV guide’s and ABC news’ websites and Wikipedia.
Not only that, but Harris has also written a book titled ‘10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Works – A True Story’.
Dan’s books are mostly about how meditation helped Harris shape his life, which neither his skeptical attitudes, nor drugs, nor a happy marriage helped with. This book got some good reviews from the critics. This book has also been rated 4.5 out of 5 by barnesandnoble.com.