Dana Arschin
Dana Arschin joined the FOX 5 News team in August 2016. She previously worked as a general assignment reporter for News 12 The Bronx/Brooklyn.
During her tenure at News 12, Dana won a NY Emmy Award for her reporting on the city's cleanup efforts in Brooklyn during the 2014 snowstorms. She also won first place two years in a row at the NY Press Club Awards.
Dana grew up on Long Island, where she discovered her passion for journalism at a young age. In the fifth grade, she was chosen to report for her elementary school's first-ever news station— Jackson Broadcasting Kids.
Dana graduated Cum Laude from the University of Delaware with a double major in Spanish Studies and Communication. She also received a Master's Degree with honors in Broadcast Journalism from the New York Institute of Technology.
She is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Portuguese. During her free time, you can find Dana teaching flying trapeze classes, eating at new NYC restaurants and planning her next travel adventure!
She is also the proud granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor and goes into classrooms regularly to share her grandfather's story.
Dana lives in Manhattan with her husband, Michael and daughter.
The latest from Dana Arschin
Once homeless teen is inspiring others through tap dance
From humble beginnings performing on New York City subways to appearing on national television, Josh Johnson has tapped his way to success.
Coronavirus pandemic forces Americans studying abroad to return home
An American student studying in Italy for the semester had to abruptly return home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Robot in classroom is changing way autism students learn, teachers say
At only two feet in stature, Milo the robot is making a huge difference in the lives of New Jersey students.
Fighting to save the gantries at the Port Morris Waterfront
It’s a part of the South Bronx Simeon Bankoff believes has so much potential. The Port Morris waterfront, with a pair of gantries that looms tall.
'Ghost signs' tell the history of NYC's businesses
Wander Greenwich Village on a clear, sunny day and you might just find a glimpse of old New York hidden in plain sight.
Restaurant lunch box lunches for busy New Yorkers
One way to get a taste of different things at lunch is to get a kind of lunch box meal.
Longtime Coney Island business facing possible closure
As the sun sets on Coney Island, a 19-year institution on the boardwalk may also be going dark... but for good.
Makeup artist with cerebral palsy defying the odds
At 25 years old, Stephanie Debes is like any other young woman in so many ways. But she has faced battles most people her age could never imagine.
A.I. computer creates music for Manhattan hotel
A Lower East Side hotel partnered with Bjork and Microsoft A.I. to create music for the hotel’s lobby.
Seesaws light up the Garment District
The Garment District and the Department of Transportation have unveiled their latest interactive art installation, called “Impulse” on Broadway between 37th and 38th Street.