Danya Bacchus is a CBS Newspath LA based correspondent since July 2019. Prior to joining Newspath she worked as a freelance correspondent for NewsOne, ABC’s affiliate news service. She was also a freelance reporter and fill-in anchor for LA’s Fox affiliate, KTTV. Danya has covered stories across the western United States including the Texas church massacre, Oakland’s massive warehouse fire, Moonlight’s memorable Oscar win and Kobe Bryant’s death. Her previous job stops include San Diego, Memphis and Salisbury, MD. In 2015, Danya was one of 19 journalists selected from around the world to complete the prestigious Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan. She is member of the National Association of Black Journalists and a proud graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.