Don Dahler (born 1960) is an Americanjournalist andauthor. Dahler held variouscorrespondent and anchor positions at three major networks:ABC,CBS, andFOX.[1] Dahler is the author of four books.[2]
According to his biography,[3] Dahler's first reporting position was atWGHP-TV inHigh Point, North Carolina in 1982. He reported there for three years. He began as an unpaid intern for KENS-TV in San Antonio.[1]
In 1997, Dahler was a correspondent forCNBC based out ofLos Angeles. There, he filed reports on the sports and entertainment industries. Before CNBC and a brief stint atFox News Channel as an investigative correspondent, Dahler was a producer for CBS news'48 Hours. Prior to that, he made documentaries and wildlife films in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. During the 2001–02 television season, he was seen hostingJustice Files on theDiscovery Channel.[4][5][6]
Dahler joined CBS2 News on September 4, 2007, as weekend evening anchor. On May 27, 2008, theDaily News reported that the station had decided to give Don the co-anchorage for the 12 noon and 6:00 p.m. newscasts, which paired him with veteranDana Tyler; all of this just five days after two-time alumJim Rosenfield was let go for the sake of budget cuts.Steve Bartelstein, whom Dahler auditioned to replace atWABC-TV after Bartelstein was fired, replaced Dahler asMary Calvi's weekend evening co-anchor.
On September 8, 2011, it was announced that Dahler would move to weekends, asChris Wragge was returning to the local station from a 9-month stint as co-host of CBS' The Early Show.[7]
Dahler joinedABC News in September 1999 as a National Correspondent forGood Morning America. Since then, he has filed reports for all programs at ABC, includingNightline,Primetime,20/20 Downtown,Good Morning America andWorld News Tonight. He has travelled toKosovo for war coverage and toAfghanistan and Iraq for the same reason. He was embedded with the101st Airborne during the initial invasion, and has returned for three other embeds with U.S. troops.
In 2013, Dahler joined CBS News as a correspondent and left CBS in May 2020 to pursue writing full-time.
Dahler reported on many high-profile news stories within the U.S. and abroad[8] such as theColumbine shootings in his nativeColorado. OnSeptember 11, 2001, Dahler was the first network correspondent on the scene of the attack on theWorld Trade Center inNew York city reporting live via telephone from his apartment—which was just blocks away from ground zero—a few moments after the first plane hit the towers. As he was one of the only reporters at ground zero when the planes hit, Dahler filed the first report of the south tower's collapse mere seconds after it occurred. Two weeks later, he was one of the first American journalists travelling to Afghanistan before the U.S. began its bombing campaign against theTaliban. In 2002, prior to the Iraq War, Dahler and a team fromNightline, became the first journalists from the United States to successfully cross theSyrian border into northern Iraq prior to theIraq War in more than a decade.
Dahler was born inColorado Springs, Colorado to anAir Force family and grew up all over the United States. He attendedMacArthur High School[1] andSan Antonio College. He graduatedsumma cum laude from theUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte.[citation needed]
Formerly married toNBC News' Sara James, Dahler currently resides in New Jersey with his wife Katie and their two children. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including twoEMMYs, aPeabody, a Dupont, and two CINEs.[9]
Dahler is the author of four books:
Daher's most recent book titledFearless, which is a biography of pioneer aviator Harriet Quimby, is to be released June 2022.[10]
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