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Media Appearances & Public Speaking

Dana has appeared on Apple News Today, MSNBC, SiriusXM Radio, FOX 5 Washington, WJLA-TV, The Washington Post’s video streaming programs, and the Post Reports podcast. She is also a frequent moderator, panelist, guest lecturer, and keynote speaker at conferences and universities, including:

  • DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF)

  • Indigenous Journalist Association

  • National Museum of the American Indian

  • North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs.

  • Northwestern University, Medill College of Journalism.

  • Swarthmore College.

  • University of Maryland, College Park.

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Dana, left, participates in a fireside chat with Dean of Education Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy before a crowd at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.

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Dana on Democracy NOW!

A sampling of Dana’s media appearances

  • PBS NewsHour - Dana discussed why her leadership of a 60-journalist investigation — which found three times more Native student deaths at boarding schools than a federal probe — remains urgent today.

  • Apple News Today - Dana reported on how nearly 300 million gallons of sewage spilled into the Potomac River and its consequences for the region.

  • MSNBC - The Reidout - MSNBC primetime host Joy Reid interviewed Dana on the untold Indigenous story of Thanksgiving.

  • WriteLane podcast – On a podcast hosted by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists, Dana shared the rigorous reporting behind her interviews with survivors of Indian boarding schools.

  • Democracy NOW! - Dana highlighted how The Post uncovered more than three times as many Indigenous student deaths at boarding schools as the Interior Department found in its investigation.

  • Fox 5 - Dana examined the history of Thanksgiving, challenging long-held myths and correcting the historical record.

  • Sirius XM Radio - Wild zebras escaped in Maryland and roamed the D.C. suburbs for weeks — and Dana was on the trail, tracking every twist.

  • Washington Post video - Dana gave a rider’s guide to Metro: Why do trains jerk and elevators break so often? An inside look at the system’s persistent problems — and what’s behind them.

  • Post Reports: The Myth of Thanksgiving. What really happened at the first Thanksgiving — and why the tribe that aided the Pilgrims still grapples with its consequences 400 years later.

  • Post Reports - The lasting scars of Native American boarding schools — where children were abused under U.S. government and Catholic Church oversight.

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Dana, right, with journalist Cheryl Tan at Northwestern’s Medill.

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Dana, left, speaking as a keynote with well-known Native American authors Mark Trahant and Suzanne Harjo at the National Museum of the American Indian.

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Dana leads a discussion of a documentary film called "Nuisance Bear."

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