Dawna Friesen

Dawna Friesen, a Canadian television journalist, is currently the chief anchor and executive editor of Global National. She previously served as a foreign correspondent for NBC News.

She is known for covering major news like the Iraq-Afghanistan war, the murder case of Daniel Pearl, Wall Street reporter in Karachi Pakistan, Us Presidential election campaign of former POTUS Barack Obama. Friesen also won Emmy for covering Obama's Presidential election campaign. She started her career reading the news at a hybrid television/radio station in Brandon, Manitoba, in 1985. She joined Global News in 2010, as their Global National anchor, succeeding Kevin Newman.

Early Life And Education Of Dawna Friesen

Dawna Friesen was born on 1964 on 8th of October, in Winnipeg in Canada and she is nationality Canadian. She grew up on a farm west of Winnipeg; her parents were nonobservant Mennonites.

She learned how to drive a tractor at the age of six, as her father had her work on the farm. her mother was active in local politics.

She is of White Canadian ethnicity. She is a great person as well and is very intellectual. She always discusses keeping facts and figures in mind and her persona is undoubtedly charismatic. 

She went to a college called Red River College for her graduation. She has already worked for huge channels and this is the reason she is so respected all over the world.

Dawna Friesen's Career

In the beginning time of her career, she reported for a huge network called CBC Television in Vancouver, Canada. She also anchored for the CBC Newsworld and her work was absolutely amazing. After working there, she decided to move on as she was getting so many opportunities.

She joined CTV and worked there as a reporter. She also got the opportunity to work as a CTV NewsNet and she did not let that chance slip through her hands. In the year 1999, she got a chance to work for NBC News. She was also hired to cover the much talked about elections in England.

At the moment she is working as the chief anchor and executive editor of Global National. Other networks and channels and shows she has worked for till now include the likes of NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, and MSNBC.  

Dawna Friesen's Personal Life

 Friesen is a married woman. She was dating her boyfriend Tom Kennedy before the couple decided to get married.

The couple has been living very happily as husband and wife after their marriage and there is almost no chance of a divorce occurring in their lives.

She is not having an extramarital affair and she does not have a boyfriend outside of her marriage. She does not have many children, as she has only one son.

Dawna Friesen's Net Worth And Body Measurements

Friesen has an impressive net worth of  $2.5 million and this is a huge amount of salary from the agency. She has an average height of 1.64 meters which is around 5 feet 3 inches.

As she has been such a huge personality, there is no doubt that information on her and her amazing biography can be grabbed from popular wiki sites such as Wikipedia and IMDb.

She is also active on Twitter and is active on the site as well, as she has already tweeted more than 1200 times.