Mahsa Saeidi is a veteran investigative reporter at WFLA covering Gov. Ron DeSantis, and crime & injustice. Saeidi, a four-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and former Assistant District Attorney, asks the toughest questions to hold the powerful accountable.
She has provided extensive and comprehensive coverage of Florida’s property insurance crisis.
Saeidi is often the first and best source for critical information, helping families navigate a broken system.
She doesn’t just report the problems, she advocates for solutions.
When hurricanes strike, Saeidi reports live from the most hard-hit areas.
She sticks by storm victims.
She reveals the obstacles, omissions and oversights that leave them in limbo— and she presses local, state and federal authorities to keep the promises they’ve made.
Saeidi gets results.
In 2022, she exposed a massive benefits backup.
Thousands of families weren’t getting their food assistance benefits.
The state initially denied the problem.
But Saeidi pressed on until Florida brought in hundreds of workers, fixing the backup.
Saeidi also chronicled Florida’s response to the pandemic, pushing for the release of critical information about the spread of the virus.
When it came to the 2020 presidential election, she was determined to expose any and all weaknesses in Florida’s voter registration system.
Her continued coverage combatted misinformation and disinformation, educating voters on the integrity of the electoral process.
Saeidi has been with the investigative unit at WFLA-TV since March of 2019.
The former prosecutor is passionate about covering law enforcement and issues related to crime and injustice. Saeidi has received two Emmy Awards for exposing police response time and investigative tactics during her time at WFLA-TV.
Before moving to Tampa, Saeidi spent close to four years at KTNV-TV in Las Vegas. She joined the team as a reporter in 2015. Two years later, she was promoted to weekday anchor.
Saeidi found and interviewed key players in dozens of the biggest stories in Las Vegas, including the aftermath of the mass shooting. In 2017 she provided live legal analysis of the O.J. Simpson parole hearing in real time during wall-to-wall coverage. While at KTNV-TV, Saeidi was also honored with an Emmy Award for her work in eradicating troublesome squatters from homes.
She earns trust, forms a bond, and tells the stories that you won’t see elsewhere.
Saeidi also has extensive experience covering breaking news in New York City. While at NY1, Time Warner Cable’s 24-hour news channel, Saeidi reported on major events including the execution of two NYPD officers, the death of Eric Garner, and the growing tensions between the community and police.
Prior to her career as a journalist, Saeidi was a prosecutor in Brooklyn. She also appeared as a legal analyst on various networks. She is licensed to practice law in NY.
Saeidi was born in Iran. She studied Pre-Med Biology at the University of Virginia and received her law degree from Brooklyn Law School.
Got a tip for Mahsa? You can reach her 24/7 at MSaeidi@WFLA.com.
