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Serena Dai

Reporter/Producer @ssdai Contact

Serena Dai is a reporter/producer covering Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick.

Before coming to Brooklyn, Serena covered Lakeview for DNAinfo’s Chicago site, home of Wrigley Field and Chicago’s gayborhood. She’s previously worked for TheWire.com, the Associated Press Chicago bureau, The Miami Herald and New York magazine.

Serena is from Knoxville, TN, and a graduate of Northwestern University, where she helped launch a news site that was once described as "flamboyant and destructive," but eventually won an award for best online student publication in the nation.

Her past work has required everything from grilling politicians to digging into development news. But the unusual stories — like a man who lived to trap feral cats, or a perplexing parking spot known to attract hoards of bird poop — have been the highlight of neighborhood reporting.

Fun Fact: Serena reported at Heidi Klum’s 2010 Halloween party and was fortuitously mistaken for a member of the supermodel's inner circle. It took three awkward minutes for someone to notice she didn’t belong behind the velvet rope.

Williamsburg, Greenpoint & Bushwick »

September 30, 2015

The Bushwick venue is known for its shows and community events.

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September 30, 2015

Everything from laptops and cameras to credit cards were stolen, the NYPD said.

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September 29, 2015

The man laughed when she tried to pull out her mace and yelled at him, police said.

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September 29, 2015

Luis Perez admitted he cut up the victim's body with a machete and put it in plastic bags.

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September 29, 2015

More than 600 people who drew the area's outlines agreed that the northern boundary is Flushing Ave.

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September 28, 2015

The store will feature vintage items from Chanel and Ralph Lauren.

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September 28, 2015

The nonprofit is launching a campaign to install hudreds of fire alarms in Bushwick homes.

Park Slope, Windsor Terrace & Gowanus »

September 25, 2015

Brooklyn is brimming events from burlesque to bounce houses to bluegrass.