Table of Biography
Ken Dilanian is a talented American journalist. Ken Dilanian is famous as the correspondent who covers intelligence and national security at NBC News since May 2019.
Early Life and Education
Ken Dilanian was born on 13 May 1968 and he is currently 55 years old. He is originally from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and his zodiac sign is Taurus.
Likewise, his full name is Kenneth Jacob Dilanian Jr. Regarding his family, his father is Kenneth Sr. and his mother is Barbara.
Similarly, he has a young sister named Jane Dilanian. Talking about his educational journey, Dilanian attended Williams College.
There, he studied Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, and History from 1987 to 1991.
While attending this institution, this personality was a part of Varsity Football and also a three-year starter on the football team.
Before this, Dilanian attended East Longmeadow High School and Northfield Mount Hermon School.
Caption: Ken Dilanian while working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic in November 2020. Source: Decider
Ken Dilanian – Net Worth 2024
This successful journalist has earned a decent amount of money throughout his career. Moving on, journalist Dilanian has a net worth of around $1.5 million US dollars.
Relationship Status
Ken Dilanian is a happily married lad. His wife is Catherine Yoon and they tied the knot in May 2003. Likewise, Yoon and Dilanian share two lovely sons whose names are not mentioned yet.
Nevertheless, he shares plenty of photos featuring his family members on his Facebook profile.
Caption: Ken posing for a photo with his family. Source: Facebook
Career and Professional Life
Professionally, Ken Dilanian is a correspondent covering intelligence and national security at NBC News from May 2019 onwards.
Talking about the beginning of his career in journalism, Dilanian worked as a local reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
He was a Rome Correspondent, Investigative Reporter, and Political Reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer from January 1997 to January 2007.
Following this, this personality worked at USA Today from April 2007 to April 2010. There, the journalist covered foreign policy and Congress.
Later on, he worked as an investigative officer, State Department correspondent, and Congressional correspondent for the same workplace.
For the Los Angeles Times, this journalist served as the National Security Correspondent from April 2010 to May 2014.
Dilanian joined Forth Worth Star and San Antonio Express-News. At the latter, he worked for around 3 years and returned to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Caption: Ken during one of his reporting. Source: Mediaite
Further, this personality gained more attention after covering the news of Philadelphia’s child welfare system. For this, Dilanian received the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism in the year 2007.
Moreover, this journalist gained further attention after covering the news regarding the war in Iraq. At NBC, he works as an Intelligence and National Security off-air reporter in its investigative unit.
Likewise, this journalist made headlines in November 2020 after making profanity live on air.
Dilanian was going on air to a segment on the Trump administration’s refusal to work on the presidential transition with Joe Biden’s team.
The journalist didn’t realize that he was on air when he uttered two words, “Oh, sh*t, F*ck”. Later on, Dilanian returned on air and apologized. The journalist also took to Twitter and apologized.
Body Measurements
Ken Dilanian stands tall at an approximate height of 6 feet 1 inch and his weight is around 70 kg. Likewise, Dilanian has dark brown eyes and hair of the same color.
Besides these, there are no further details related to this American journalist’s other body measurement details.
Ken Dilanian – Social Media
Talking about his social media presence, journalist Dilanian joined Twitter in June 2011 and so far has more than 211.4K followers on his @KenDilanianNBC.
Likewise, he has more than 1k people following his journey on Facebook.