Major Garrett is an American television journalist best known for being the chief Washington correspondent for CBS News. He is also the host of “The Takeout” podcast with CBS News, and he is a correspondent for “National Journal.” He covered both the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections. He covered the democratic nominees and eventually went on to cover Barack Obama himself.
Major Garrett is also widely known for his journalistic writings. Before joining CBS, he was the senior editor and congressional correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, and a congressional reporter for ‘The Washington Times’. Also, he is a reporter for popular magazines such as the ‘Houston Post’ and ‘The Weekly Standard’.
Lisa Ling – $8.5M
Lisa Ling is a journalist, television reporter, and author. She is well known for her show 'This Is Life with Lisa Ling' on CNN, which premiered in 2014. She is the former host of 'Our America with Lisa Ling', which aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network. She has also reported for ABC’s 'The View', Channel One News, and National Geographic Explorer.
Ling began her career as a co-host for “Scratch,” a teen magazine show. Also, when she joined Channel One News, she was only 18 years old, which makes her one of the youngest television news reporters in history.
Bret Baier – $7M
Bret Baier is the chief political anchor for Fox News, and he hosts “Special Report with Bret Baier". Baier graduated from DePauw University with degrees in Political Science and English. He began his career in television reporting in Rockford, Illinois at a local station. Then, he moved to CBS. He sent in an audition tape to Fox News, and he soon became part of their Atlanta bureau.
In 2007, he was titled Fox News’ White House correspondent, where he covered the administration of George W. Bush. A decade later in 2017, he received the Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism by the National Press Foundation.
Dana Bash – $1M
Dana Bash is well known for being a very successful American journalist, anchor, and political correspondent for CNN. She graduated from George Washington University with a degree in political communications. Right after she graduated, she landed a job at CNN as a producer of their weekend programs, including 'Late Edition' and 'Inside Politics'.
Later in her career, she was able to program coverage of the United States Senate. Awarded by Elle Magazine, Dana Bash was part of the "Women in Washington Power List" event in 2014. In 2008, Bash actually married fellow CNN correspondent John King.
Jose Diaz-Balart – $1M
Jose Diaz-Balart is a Cuban-American journalist and television reporter. He is currently an anchor for a Spanish-language news program called 'Noticias Telemundo'. Additionally, he is an anchor for the public affairs Sunday program called 'Enfoque con Jose Diaz-Balart'. He is also a part of NBC Nightly News on Saturday nights.
Diaz-Balart has won several Emmys for his outstanding broadcasting abilities, and he was even named one of the top 100 more influential people in the United States from Hispanic Business Magazine. In 2014, he began hosting the 10 AM news hour on MSNBC.