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
Almost 80 years later, NYC Holocaust survivor reunited with family's lost bible
After an almost unbelievable series of events, one local Holocaust survivor has been reunited with her family's edition of the Tanakh, a Hebrew Bible comprised of the Torah and filled with illustrations.
93-year-old grandfather becomes a children's book author
Bernie Ditchik, 93, is still driving, playing tennis, sculpting, and, perhaps his most impressive feat, starting a new chapter in his life as an author.
New York City workers hold anti-vaccine mandate rally
Hundreds of New York City municipal workers marched over the Brooklyn Bridge and then held a rally outside of City Hall on Monday to protest vaccine mandates.
'Jericho Project' aims to help struggling veterans find a home
The nonprofit Jericho Project aims to meet the needs of struggling veterans, young adults, and members of the LGBTQ community.
MAJOR STEP FOR SCIENCE: Gene-editing helps man see again
Michael Kalberer is just the second person in the world to be part of a groundbreaking medical trial designed to try to restore vision to visually impaired patients.
Columbus Day Parade marks first large-scale spectacle in NYC since pandemic
The Columbus Day Parade was back on in New York City for the 77th year after it was canceled last year due to COVID. More than 100 different groups marched up Fifth Avenue from the 40s to the 70s in Manhattan.
NYC prepares for approval of COVID vaccine for younger kids
Pfizer has formally asked the FDA to approve its COVID-19 vaccine for use in younger children — ages 5 to 11. That means New York City health officials and families are preparing for when and if the drugmaker gets the green light.
NY Assembly holds hearing on crisis at Rikers Island
“What I saw and witnessed was nothing less than a humanitarian crisis,” said New York State Assemblywoman Jessica González-Rojas.
Overwhelming emotion at Tunnel to Towers Run
It was a day filled with overwhelming emotions as heroes and proud Americans from across our area came together for the annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk.
Google to buy Manhattan site for $2.1 billion
Google plans on transforming a former freight rail station in Manhattan into a 21st-century campus.