Jason Bellini Biography
Jason Bellini is an American journalist. He has worked as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal since 2012. Bellini was a CNN correspondent from 1998 to 2005. Bellini joined CNN in 1998 as a production assistant and contributor to a news program for middle and high school students.
Jason Bellini Age
Jason was born on 12 July 1975, in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States of America. He is 48 years old as of July 2023.
Jason Bellini Education
Bellini graduated from Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 1997, Bellini earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Georgetown University.
Jason Bellini Family
Bellini and his brother, Jarrett Bellini, a writer and journalist, were born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America.
Jason Bellini Partner- Spouse
He is openly gay. Jason currently lives in Washington, DC.
Jason Bellini CNN News
Bellini joined CNN in 1998 as a production assistant and contributor to a news program for middle and high school students. He also worked as a field producer for CNN International, documenting NATO bombings on Serbian soldiers in Kosovo. One of his Kosovo pieces won a medal at the 1999 New York Festival Awards.
Jason Bellini Career
Bellini worked for MTV in 2000, as part of the network’s “street team” for MTV’s Choose or Lose election coverage, which accompanied presidential candidates on the campaign trail during the 2000 election. He also worked as a freelance writer for Washington Post.com and Channel One News. Bellini spent months in New York City in 2001 documenting the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, which escalated into an international war on terrorism. He later proceeded to Central Asia to cover the situation from Afghanistan. He also reported on the Kashmir war from India. Bellini got a gold prize from the New York Festivals for his presentation “Jason’s Journal: The Holy Land,” which focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Bellini was one of 18 embedded journalists for CNN during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. He reported from his post in the United States Marine Corps, frequently from the front lines. Bellini was one of the CNN correspondents and anchors who covered the breaking news event of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003. Bellini took over as CBS News’ lead anchor on Logo in 2005. Until August 2008, he was the primary news anchor for CBS News’ Logo. The National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association honored him with the “Journalist of the Year” award in 2006. In 2008, he worked as a Bloomberg TV correspondent in Singapore.
From 2009 to 2010, Bellini freelanced for The Daily Beast and The Wall Street Journal. In 2012, he created the CNBC documentary UPS/FedEx: Inside the Package Wars. Bellini worked as a senior producer and correspondent for The Wall Street Journal beginning in 2012. From 2013 to 2014, Bellini was a regular guest on FOX NEWS’ On the Record with Greta Van Susteren. Bellini began presenting and producing “Moving Upstream,” a video series for the Wall Street Journal, in 2017.
Jason Bellini Net Worth
Bellini has an estimated net worth of 2 million dollars.