Dana Ballout

Dana is an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist, and podcast producer. Most recently, she was a producer on National Geographic's Science Fair: The Series. She also produced for National Geographic's documentary series Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller, producing episodes on romance scams (2021) and lottery and investment scams (2020) that were nominated for an Emmy. She's also a producer and writer on multiple award-winning documentary podcasts, including The Messenger (Spotify Original) and Kerning Cultures. Previously, Dana was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, covering the Syrian war and its resulting refugee crisis, and also worked at Al Jazeera English. Before becoming a reporter, she worked with the United Nations in Beirut.