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
New York pharmacies begin vaccinations with limited supply
New York pharmacies just became eligible to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. It's a slow rollout though.
Why Israel is winning the vaccination game
Israel has universal health insurance. It also has a single national vaccine storage and logistics site, which is located in the center of the country near main roads.
Artists turning restaurants' outdoor dining spaces into works of art
The pandemic has limited the way artists can display their works, but one program is pairing them with local restaurants, allowing them to transform outdoor dining spaces into works of art.
Unanswered questions, confusion as COVID vaccine rollout continues
The rollout of the coronavirus vaccine is underway, but many are not sure where and when to get the shot.
NYC artist spends $65,000 to help fellow struggling artists
Guy Stanley Philoche was having a very successful year, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. That's when he decided to use the money he'd made to buy artwork from artists who were truly struggling.
COVID-19 vaccinations begin for healthcare workers in NJ
The COVID vaccine is a sigh of relief for many across the nation.
NY nursing homes fear another wave of COVID deaths
Nursing homes in New York were hit hard when the pandemic first began, and there is growing concern that they could be battered again.
Food delivery workers still on the streets despite snowstorm
The nor'easter slamming our area this evening doesn't mean food delivery workers have stopped
Hospitals, nursing homes prepare to distribute COVID vaccine
Area hospitals and nursing homes say they are ready to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine when it arrives.
With vaccine in sight, renters begin to return to NYC
There are bargains to be found if you're a renter, but commercial properties are taking a beating as the coronavirus pandemic continues to shake up the real estate market in New York City.