Dana Okafor

Dana Okafor is the lead writer for TV & Movies, where she has written Tonight's Pick since the site launched in 2026. She previously spent 11 years on the features desk of a Columbus daily newspaper, covering film, television and local arts, and served two terms on a regional film festival jury. She is a graduate of Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and lives in Columbus with her husband and teenage son. Favorites: Heat, Friday Night Lights, Paddington 2. She still has the VHS copy of Heat she rented in 1999.