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Dana James

Contributing Writer

A Black woman with braids posing outside and smiling for the camera

Bio

Dana James is the publisher and founder of Black Iowa News. She is vice president of the Iowa Association of Black Journalists. She is co-host of the podcast Being Heard: 2 Black Women, Coffee & Conversations with Lya Williams. A lifelong Iowan, James holds a B.A. in journalism from Grand View University. 

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