By SDABJ Team
Danya Bacchus is a reporter/weekend anchor for the NBC owned and operated station in San Diego.
Originally from Virginia and an admitted East Coast girl at heart, Danya has the genuine warmth and personality that personify the San Diego community. D
anya brings with her a passion to not only report on breaking news and inform the public on critical issues but to really focus on telling the stories of the San Diego people.
Prior to arriving in San Diego, Danya was a general assignment reporter for WREG, the local CBS News station in Memphis, Tennessee. She also worked as a reporter/weekend anchor at WMDT in Salisbury, Maryland. She started her career as an assignment editor at WXLV in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. At one point, Danya also worked as a production assistant for BET’s Bobby Jones Gospel and writer for TV One’s dating show “Get The Hook Up”
Danya gives credit to the education she received at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University for the journalistic skills she has today. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Danya currently serves as President of SDABJ.
You can see Danya weekdays, reporting for NBC 7 News and Saturdays and Sundays anchoring the NBC 7 News at 6P & 11P with Artie Ojeda.
