Draft:Dan Merica

Dan Merica is an American journalist and a national political reporter for The Messenger.

Early life
Merica grew up in Las Vegas. He earned his Bachelor's degree from Bentley University and his Master's degree in 2011 from American University.

Career
Merica was an intern at NPR and was also an editor and writer at The American Observer. He was hired by CNN as a political producer in 2011.

He joined The Messenger as a national political reporter on April 12, 2023.

Before joining the Messenger, he was also a national political reporter at CNN.

Personal life
Merica married Monica Alba, a White House correspondent for NBC News, on July 27, 2019. Merica "first met in Manchester, N.H., in August 2015 while covering Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, but did not start dating until the following spring".

Merica and Alba had their first child on February 4, 2023.