Dayna Devon

About Dayna Devon

Dayna Devon (born February 21, 1970) is an Emmy award-winning American journalist, was the co-anchor, with Mark McGrath, of the television show Extra before Mario Lopez took over in 2008. She joined Extra in 1999 as the weekend anchor; then became the weekday anchor in 2003.

Devon spent over 10 years in television news before joining Extra. She began her broadcast journalism career as the weekend anchor at KTSA-AM radio in San Antonio. She subsequently was an anchor for KMID-TV (ABC) in Midland, Texas, and KLST-TV (CBS) in San Angelo, Texas. In 1997, Devon joined the ABC's Memphis, Tennessee affiliate WPTY-TV as a reporter. The following year, she was promoted to anchor of the stations three news broadcasts. In 1998, Devon and her news team were awarded a "Best Live Broadcast" Emmy Award.

Devon graduated from Alamo Heights High School in the suburb of Alamo Heights located in San Antonio (her birthplace). Her classmates included fashion designer Marisol Deluna and guitarist Clay Tarver. She also attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio.