Dana Jacobson

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Dana Jacobson (born November 5, 1971) joined ESPN as an ESPNEWS anchor in December 2002 and soon became a regular anchor on the 6 P.M. edition of SportsCenter. In March 2005, she was named co-host of Cold Pizza. Jacobson provided sideline reporting for ESPN’s coverage of NBA Sunday night games. Jacobson graduated from the University of Michigan in 1993 with a bachelor of arts in English and communications. She originated from Iowa where she went to high school in Andover. Subsequently, she attended and graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines in 1989. She has an older brother, Mark, who also graduated from the University of Michigan and has served overseas in Afghanistan.

[edit] Other Jobs

• Her first television job was in Traverse City, Mich., at WPBN/WTOM-TV, where she spent two years as a fill-in news anchor, producer and editor.
• Reported on a number of stories in Northern California, including profiles of Sacramento Kings top players Mike Bibby, Chris Webber and Jason Williams
• Covered a wide range of professional sports including the NFL and NBA as a weekend sports anchor at KXTV-TV, ABC’s Sacramento affiliate station (1998-02).
• Hosted KXTV’s News10 Red Zone
• Served as a sports reporter for KXTV's Monday Night Football Show (1996-98)
• Hosted a weekly two-hour radio show for KHTK-AM (2000-02).
• Also filled in for Dan Patrick on his radio show, broadcast on ESPN radio weekdays from 1pm - 4pm. eastern time, during the 2005 holiday season.
• Hosted ESPY Awards Red Carpet Show for espn360.com.
• Hosted XCenter in Los Angeles.
• Occasionally fills in for Mike Golic on the ESPN Radio show Mike and Mike in the Morning

[edit] Awards

• Edward R. Murrow Award (2000)
• National Headliner Award (1998)

[edit] External link

• Cold Pizza Bio

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