Lauren Ina—writer, producer, and humanitarian—has over 20 years of experience in both print and television journalism.

A graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she began her career writing hard news and feature stories for The Washington Post.  Her work at the Post included coverage of the 1988 and 1992 presidential elections; a 1988 investigation of soft money in presidential elections; a 1990 case study of gubernatorial and senate races; Chicago school reform; the American response to the Persian Gulf War as well as a wide variety of other political and social issues of the day.

Lauren began her work in television as a producer at Dateline NBC, where she won a National News Emmy Award for breaking news. While at Dateline, she covered the O.J. Simpson trials, the JonBenet Ramsey investigation, presidential politics, the Columbine tragedy and the death of Princess Diana.

Lauren also produced National Geographic features for the Dateline NBC brand, as well as a wealth of hidden camera investigations about fertility clinics, home repairs fraud, food safety, illegal sweepstakes, airline industry cover-ups and the Indian jewelry trade.

Lauren began producing for The Today Show and NBC Nightly News in 2001 where she has edited daily footage and reports from the war in Iraq and covered the California Recall and the trial of the 911 hijackers.

At the Today Show, she continues to produce hard news and features with both tape and live segments, including a recent two-part series produced from Cambodia.

Lauren is also a Board Member of  Variety Children's Lifeline, a children’s charity that provides medical and surgical assistance to underprivileged children in developing countries. Beginning in 2000, she has produced documentaries of Lifeline missions to South America, Central America, India, Africa and Cambodia. (www.varietychildrenslifeline.org)