Adriana Diaz Biography
Adriana Diaz is an award winning journalist currently working as a co-host of “CBS Mornings Plus,” a third hour of “CBS Mornings” broadcast weekdays by several CBS-owned stations and simulcast on CBS News 24/7, CBS News and Stations’ streaming news service. She got promotion to the new role on “CBS Mornings Plus” in September 2024.
Adriana Diaz Career
Diaz was previously working as an anchor of the Saturday edition of the “CBS Weekend News” and a national correspondent. In addition, her reports breaking news and longform storytelling has been featured across all CBS News broadcasts and platforms, including the “CBS Evening News,” “CBS Mornings,” and CBS News 24/7.
In early 2023, Diaz and her team broke the story of the discovery of classified documents at a Washington think tank from President Biden’s time as vice president.
Moreover, she has also interviewed key newsmakers, including landing Colin Kaepernick’s only television interview about his book, “Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game,” published after his social justice campaign that swept the nation. Diaz also interviewed former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and U.S. Olympian Allyson Felix about prioritizing wellness and overcoming adversity.
Furthermore, she often conducts in-depth reporting on many of the most pressing issues facing communities of color locally and nationally. Diaz also regularly covers the gun violence epidemic, including interviewing Chicago gang members for a CBS docuseries about what they see as their fight for survival in some of the city’s toughest neighborhoods
Additionally, she also reports on immigration and has chronicled the journeys of Central American families attempting to cross Mexico by foot to reach the United States. Most recently, Diaz reported on the busing of migrants from Texas to Chicago, overwhelming Chicago shelters and leading migrants to sleep on the floors of police stations.
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She spent a month covering the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and was part of the CBS News team that received an Outstanding News Special Emmy for “39 Days,” a primetime documentary about the Parkland student movement. Diaz was also part of the network team that won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for outstanding breaking news coverage of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
In addition, she has also worked as CBS News’ Asia correspondent based in Beijing, where she used her Mandarin skills to report from China on U.S.-Chinese relations, Chinese politics, science and culture. Diaz reported from inside North Korea twice, documenting the country’s political pageantry and isolation. Her Asia assignments also took her to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Japan, and Laos.
Diaz further covered Pope Francis’ visits to Brazil in 2013, Israel and the West Bank in 2014, Cuba in 2015 and Mexico in 2016 as a CBS News Path Correspondent. She was also part of the first team dispatched to Havana, Cuba to normalize relations with the U.S. in December 2014 and covered the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
Prior to joining CBS News, Diaz worked as a reporter for Channel One News and hosted Yahoo’s “Trending Now” web show. Before getting her Masters Degree she worked at Goldman Sachs as a financial analyst in Equity Sales and Trading.
Adriana Diaz Early Life
She was born and raised in New York City to Dominican immigrants and attended Stuyvesant High School. Diaz graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. She also holds a Masters Degree in Public Affairs and Public Administration in a Dual program from Columbia University and France’s Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Science Po).
Diaz is also on the board of the Harmony Program, which provides music education to New York City students in underserved communities. She was Miss New York USA 2006 and Miss New York Teen USA 2003. Her family is from the Dominican Republic, and she speaks Spanish, French, and Mandarin.
Adriana Diaz Age
Diaz was was born Adriana Sabrina Diaz in New York City on 30 November 1984 and is now 40 years old as of 2024.
Adriana Diaz Height
She stands at an average height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.62m) tall.
Adriana Diaz Education
Diaz graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree majoring in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. She also holds a Masters Degree in Public Affairs and Public Administration in a dual program from Columbia University and France’s Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Science Po). Prior to getting her Masters Degree she worked at Goldman Sachs.
Adriana Diaz Family
She was born and raised in New York City to Dominican immigrants. There is no information about her parents. However, will update as soon as the information is available. Diaz has an older brother called Gobe.
Adriana Diaz Husband
Diaz tied the knot with her husband Cardiologist at University of Chicago Medical Center, Bryan Smith on 9 July 2020 at St Mary of the Angels Church in Chicago.
Adriana Diaz Children
She is a mother to two children, a daughter Isabela Rose Diaz Smith and a son Emmanuel Diaz Smith.
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