Christina Burns[1] (born March 1, 1992,), known professionally as Dasha Burns, is an American journalist who is the White House Bureau Chief for Politico since January 2025. She previously worked as a national correspondent at NBC News from 2016 to 2025.[2]
Burns interviews Scott Spellmon, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2022
After graduating, through 2016, Burns worked as a media writer and strategist for a consulting agency, while writing opinion pieces for CNN.[12][13]
From May 2016, Burns worked as an associate producer and then producer for the NBC television morning news and talk program Weekend Today.[2] In March 2019 she became a television reporter for NBC News, reporting from the field.[2] In February 2022, Burns was promoted from the County to County project, to correspondent focusing on the 2022 United States elections in Pennsylvania and Ohio.[14]
In October 2022, Burns was the first journalist to have an in-depth face to face interview with Pennsylvania senatorial candidate John Fetterman since his stroke.[15]National Review reported that Fetterman's wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman, accused the reporter of ableism and said that Burns should face "consequences" for the interview.[16] After Fetterman debated Republican candidate Mehmet Oz, several members of the media said that Burns was owed an apology from Gisele Fetterman and members of the media.[17]
Personal life
In March and April 2020, Burns shared her experience of missing work due to contracting the COVID-19 virus.[18][19]
^https://twitter.com/DashaBurns/status/1371974470483779584I was born in Ukraine. I immigrated here when I was 8 ... If this was my introduction to the United States, to be held in a facility like this, I just can't imagine it, being in their shoes @DashaBurns in Donna, TX, outside the detention facility lawyers say is overcrowded.
^sariol, alyx (March 18, 2010). "The coastal news". Retrieved August 7, 2023.
