Prior to joining the Henrico Citizen newsroom, Dina Weinstein reported for Virginia Commonwealth University’s News website focusing on people, programs, trends, and events in higher education. She also spent this year researching, presenting, and publishing stories about VCU’s first Black School of Nursing graduate through a Virginia Humanities fellowship. Weinstein’s award-winning articles and interviews have been published in dozens of publications and outlets, including a recent Henrico Citizen series about refugees. Before moving to Richmond, Weinstein advised the student newspaper at Miami-Dade College in South Florida while reporting on higher education, the arts, parenting, civil rights anniversaries, and Jewish life for numerous publications worldwide. Weinstein earned a master’s degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor’s of fine arts from Boston University. A Spanish speaker, Weinstein enjoys reading, cultural activities, cycling, and nature.
Beat: Community vitality reporter spotlighting the inter-related issues of housing, health and transportation
Our community vitality reporter spotlights the inter-related issues of housing, health and transportation in Virginia's sixth-largest locality by examining ongoing community challenges and opportunities; delving into unique and recent government, nonprofit and corporate initiatives that seek to address them; and centering the people who are disproportionately affected by these issues, including people of color, the impoverished, and senior citizens.