John Dickerson Bio CBS42, Age Spouse Children Salary/Net Worth

Who is John Dickerson?

American, Journalist, John Dickerson, works with CBS 42 where he serves the station as a journalist and reporter. He has been at the station since November 2011.

John Dickerson Date of Birth / Age

Dickerson is 54 years as of 2023 and his year of birth is 1968.

John Dickerson Height

Dickerson is 5 feet and 8 inches tall.

John Dickerson Parents and Siblings

Dickerson is a native of Washington D.C. He is the son of Claude Wyatt Dickerson and journalist Nancy Dickerson (née Hanschman; later Whitehead). He has three sisters and one brother. John grew up in McLean, Virginia, at Merrywood, a Georgian-style mansion high on a leafy bluff overlooking the Potomac River.

John Dickerson Spouse / Wife

Dickerson is married to Ann Dickerson, who is the founder and CEO of the 15 Minutes Group, a communications coaching firm that “specializes in helping people with complex ideas and projects to improve their communication skills.” She has interviewed hundreds of unique individuals on a wide range of topics for “National Geographic to network news to HGTV,” and takes pride in immersing herself in her work.

John Dickerson Kids / Children

Dickerson and Anne have a son and daughter together, named Brice and Nancy, but they prefer to keep their children away from the media’s attention, wanting them to be able to lead normal lives; John has still featured Brice and Nancy in some of his Instagram pictures.

John Dickerson Education

Dickerson is a graduate of Sidwell Friends School. In high school, he did an internship in the office of John Warner, then US Senator from Virginia. He also graduated summa cum laude with a degree in English from the University of Virginia.

John Dickerson Career

Before joining Slate, Dickerson covered politics for Time magazine for 12 years and was a White House correspondent for the last four years. Dickerson hosted Face the Nation three times in 2009 and was named political director of CBS News in November 2011 Day. Appears on PBS’ Washington Week and Slate Political Gabfest, a weekly podcast with David Plotz and Emily Bazelon. John is also the host of Whistlestop, Slate’s Presidential History podcast.

Dickerson is the author of the recent book The Hardest Job in the World: The American President. Publishers Weekly described it as “an unbiased and insightful look at the unfolding of the American presidency”. Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History is another book he authored, and published by Twelve, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group, on August 2, 2016.

In November 2018, during the 2018 midterm elections, John Dickerson shared several instructional videos with Khan Academy. On May 10, 2019, CBS News President Susan Zirinsky said that Dickerson would take over the CBS Evening News for one week (the week beginning May 13, 2019) after then-host Jeff Glor resigned. On September 6, 2020, Dickerson replaced Margaret Brennan on the CBS show Face the Nation.

CIA leak

On 29 January 2007 during the trial of American lawyer Scooter Libby, former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer stated that he’d revealed to John and to the American TV personality and journalist David Gregory on 11 July 2003, that Valerie Plame was an officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); on 17 July 2003, John co-wrote the article ‘A War on Wilson?’ which was published in “Time”, about American diplomat Joseph Wilson IV and his wife Valerie Plame.

The article apparently contributed to the leak of Valerie’s CIA identity to Bush administration officials, however, John has denied knowing about Valerie’s CIA identity at the time when the article was published.

CBS 42

John works with CBS 42 where he serves alongside his fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;

How Much Does John Dickerson Earn?

Dickerson earns an annual salary that ranges from $100,000-$500,000.

How Much is John Dickerson Worth?

As a journalist, Dickerson has been able to accumulate a net worth estimated at be$4 million.