Dana Loesch facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Dana Loesch
Loesch in 2018
Born	Dana Lynn Eaton (1978-09-28) September 28, 1978 (age 46) Missouri, U.S.
Education	St. Louis Community College Webster University
Occupation	Commentator, radio and television host, author
Employer	Audacy, Inc. Radio America
Political party	Democratic (1996–2001) Republican (2001–present)
Spouse(s)	Chris Loesch ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	2

Dana Lynn Loesch (born September 28, 1978) is an American radio and TV host. She is known for her conservative political views. Loesch is a former spokesperson for the National Rifle Association (NRA) and a former writer for Breitbart News.

From 2014 to 2017, Loesch hosted a TV show called Dana on TheBlaze TV. She also hosts a daily talk show that is broadcast across the country. Loesch has appeared as a guest on many TV networks, including Fox News, CNN, and HBO.

Early Life and Education

Dana Loesch was born Dana Lynn Eaton in Missouri. She was raised by her mother in a large Southern Baptist family. She has said that some of her ancestors were Cherokee people from Georgia, and she also has Irish roots.

Loesch went to Fox High School in Arnold, Missouri. After high school, she attended St. Louis Community College and later studied journalism at Webster University. During her college years, she was a member of the Democratic Party and helped with President Bill Clinton's reelection campaign in 1996.

She later left college and got married. Loesch's political views began to change over time. She became disappointed with the Democratic Party and completely changed her views after the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Career Journey

Beginning in St. Louis

After leaving college, Loesch started her career by writing for St. Louis Magazine. She also created a personal website and blog called "Mamalogues." The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper featured her blog as a weekly online column from 2006 to 2008. For her writing, she won an award for "Best Newspaper Columnist St. Louis" in 2007.

In 2008, Loesch began hosting her own radio show in St. Louis. It later became a national program called The Dana Show: The Conservative Alternative. In 2009, she helped start the St. Louis Tea Party, a conservative group, but she left the organization in 2011.

Gaining National Attention

In 2010, Loesch became the editor-in-chief of Big Journalism, a conservative website started by Andrew Breitbart. The next year, CNN hired her as a political analyst for its 2012 election coverage.

By 2012, Talkers Magazine, which covers the talk media industry, named her one of the top 100 most important radio hosts. She also received an award for her journalism from a group called Accuracy In Media.

In 2013, Loesch hosted the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a large annual gathering for conservatives.

Television and Radio Host

On January 10, 2014, Loesch launched her own daily TV show, Dana, on TheBlaze TV network, which was founded by Glenn Beck. She left the show in November 2017.

During the 2016 presidential election, she supported Ted Cruz for the Republican nomination. After Donald Trump was elected president, she became one of his strong supporters.

In 2021, after the death of famous radio host Rush Limbaugh, many radio stations began to air Loesch's show in his time slot.

Work with the National Rifle Association

Loesch began appearing in ads for the National Rifle Association (NRA) in 2015. From 2017 to June 2019, she worked as a special assistant and spokesperson for the organization. She also hosted a show called The DL on NRA TV, the group's online video channel.

Her work with the NRA often caused a lot of debate. Some of the videos she appeared in were criticized by the public and other media figures.

Controversial NRA Videos

In April 2017, the NRA released a video called "The Violence of Lies" featuring Loesch. In the video, she spoke strongly against protests that were happening against President Donald Trump. Some people, like activist DeRay Mckesson, said the video seemed to encourage violence. Loesch defended the video, saying it was meant to speak out against violence, not to support it.

Another NRA video released that same month showed Loesch criticizing The New York Times. She called the newspaper an "untrustworthy, dishonest rag" and said, "We're coming for you." Some journalist groups said this language was threatening, but Loesch said it was not meant to be a physical threat.

In December 2018, the NRA settled a lawsuit with the artist Anish Kapoor. The NRA agreed to remove an image of his famous sculpture, Cloud Gate, from the "Violence of Lies" video.

In June 2019, the NRA stopped working with the company that produced NRA TV. As a result, Loesch's role as a paid spokesperson for the NRA ended.

Personal Life

In 2000, she married Chris Loesch, a music producer who is now her manager. They have two children, whom they homeschooled for eight years.