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.
Dana traveled to Poland in 2018 to learn more about her ancestors killed in the Holocaust. She shot and wrote three Fox 5 Films on her journey. One of them, ‘The Forgotten Camps,’ won a NY Emmy Award. During her tenure at News 12, Dana also won a NY Emmy Award for her reporting on the city's cleanup efforts in Brooklyn during the 2014 snowstorms.
Dana grew up on Long Island, where she discovered her passion for journalism at a young age. She made her broadcasting debut in the fifth grade, reporting 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, conversant in Portuguese and a beginner in Mandarin. During her free time, you can find Dana flying on the trapeze, 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 to share her grandfather's story.
Dana lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter.
The latest from Dana Arschin
Summer rentals on Long Island still available — at a premium
Summer rentals on Long Island are still available. But you should be prepared to pay.
The Migrant Kitchen's multicultural American fare proves to be a hit
The Migrant Kitchen co-founder Nasser Jaber, who is Palestinian, and Chef Dan Dorado, who has Mexican roots, have combined their tastes to create a menu of American food inspired by the cuisines of immigrants.
COVID antiviral approved for young kids but vaccine still not available
Nearly 1,700 parents and doctors across the country have filed a Citizen Petition calling on the FDA to approve a COVID vaccine for kids under 5.
Hymns from Auschwitz
16 years after his death, one of Michel Assael’s decades-old symphonies came to life for the first time at Manhattan’s iconic Carnegie Hall.
NYC COVID risk alert level to rise amid surge
A surge in COVID cases will push up New York City's risk alert level this week. Five neighborhoods are now seeing double-digit positivity rates.
Could NJ recreational marijuana sales affect medical patients?
New Jersey is about to launch its recreational cannabis market. But will the rush of buyers affect the medical marijuana market?
NYC's gifted and talented program revived with major expansion
In a reversal from the previous administration, Mayor Eric Adams says he's not only keeping the controversial gifted and talented program but expanding it in NYC public schools.
Etsy strike blamed on fee increase
Thousands of Etsy sellers are going on strike over rising transaction fees.
NYPD: Shooter used ghost gun in Bronx killing
The person suspected of shooting three teens outside a school in the Bronx last week, killing one of them, apparently used a so-called ghost gun, police said.
Jewish man beaten in Brooklyn; reward offered
The Anti-Defamation League is offering a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the arrests and convictions of people who attacked and beat a 21-year-old Jewish man in Brooklyn last week.