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Dina is a trusted, visionary, and collaborative television journalist and newsroom leader. She is driven to bridge the distance between the seen and unseen, insiders and outsiders, the surface and root of an issue. She expertly opens the space for people to tell their stories with vulnerability, helping them become empowered, expanding and multiplying transformative connections for them and a wider audience.
As an anchor/host, correspondent, and producer, Dina crafts stories that illuminate the humanity at the heart of any policy issue. She has anchored the weekly public affairs show "In Focus CA" for Spectrum News 1, as well as hosting, supervising and writing their hourlong special on the Future of L.A. She has reported and produced award-winning news magazine stories and show episodes for Al Jazeera America, KCET's "SoCal Connected," and "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" for A&E Network. Dina reported and analyzed U.S. news for a global audience on TRT World News, and was a featured reporter on the nationally syndicated show America Now. Dina's latest L.A. area Emmy Award is for leading and supervising the production of a 90-minute Live town hall on gun violence in Los Angeles.
Dina successfully initiates and leads award-winning investigations such as the causes and consequences of rampant medical debt, the treatment of mentally ill inmates, and a groundbreaking investigation into the lack of fracking regulations in California. This highly-recognized story prompted swift changes within California's oil and gas regulatory agency.
Dina began her network news career at ABC News as a field and story producer. From the San Bernardino terrorist attack to massive fires in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego to the Isla Vista shooting, Dina has thoroughly and rapidly responded to national breaking news for a variety of news organizations. She has also reported on political campaigns, special events, and culture/entertainment stories. Dina enterprises and develops stories that are broadcast nationally and internationally. One of her favorites was leading an Al Jazeera America team to Athens, Greece to cover the Greek financial crisis in 2015. Through her contacts and intimate knowledge of the Greek language and culture, she was able to develop exclusive under-reported stories for the network. Her written work has been published in Aljazeera.com, The Detroit Free Press, Psychology Today, and ABCNews.com.
In 2011, Dina travelled to Nicaragua to direct and produce a non-profit-sponsored feature documentary, filming the stories of an orphanage, aid workers and the people they assist in Nicaragua's toxic and dangerous garbage dumps.
Dina has been awarded five L.A. area Emmy Awards from 2013-2020, six L.A. Press Club Awards including one for her groundbreaking California fracking investigation, four RTNA Golden Mike Awards, and many other L.A. Press Club and Emmy nominations. In June 2017, Dina was named a Rising Star by the Los Angeles Business Journal at their annual Women's Summit, where she was also honored as a woman making a difference in 2015 & 2016 Women's Summits. Dina lives in Los Angeles, but her hometown Detroit is always in her heart.
As an anchor/host, correspondent, and producer, Dina crafts stories that illuminate the humanity at the heart of any policy issue. She has anchored the weekly public affairs show "In Focus CA" for Spectrum News 1, as well as hosting, supervising and writing their hourlong special on the Future of L.A. She has reported and produced award-winning news magazine stories and show episodes for Al Jazeera America, KCET's "SoCal Connected," and "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath" for A&E Network. Dina reported and analyzed U.S. news for a global audience on TRT World News, and was a featured reporter on the nationally syndicated show America Now. Dina's latest L.A. area Emmy Award is for leading and supervising the production of a 90-minute Live town hall on gun violence in Los Angeles.
Dina successfully initiates and leads award-winning investigations such as the causes and consequences of rampant medical debt, the treatment of mentally ill inmates, and a groundbreaking investigation into the lack of fracking regulations in California. This highly-recognized story prompted swift changes within California's oil and gas regulatory agency.
Dina began her network news career at ABC News as a field and story producer. From the San Bernardino terrorist attack to massive fires in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego to the Isla Vista shooting, Dina has thoroughly and rapidly responded to national breaking news for a variety of news organizations. She has also reported on political campaigns, special events, and culture/entertainment stories. Dina enterprises and develops stories that are broadcast nationally and internationally. One of her favorites was leading an Al Jazeera America team to Athens, Greece to cover the Greek financial crisis in 2015. Through her contacts and intimate knowledge of the Greek language and culture, she was able to develop exclusive under-reported stories for the network. Her written work has been published in Aljazeera.com, The Detroit Free Press, Psychology Today, and ABCNews.com.
In 2011, Dina travelled to Nicaragua to direct and produce a non-profit-sponsored feature documentary, filming the stories of an orphanage, aid workers and the people they assist in Nicaragua's toxic and dangerous garbage dumps.
Dina has been awarded five L.A. area Emmy Awards from 2013-2020, six L.A. Press Club Awards including one for her groundbreaking California fracking investigation, four RTNA Golden Mike Awards, and many other L.A. Press Club and Emmy nominations. In June 2017, Dina was named a Rising Star by the Los Angeles Business Journal at their annual Women's Summit, where she was also honored as a woman making a difference in 2015 & 2016 Women's Summits. Dina lives in Los Angeles, but her hometown Detroit is always in her heart.
