Dianne Gallagher Biography
Dianne Gallagher is an American journalist working for CNN in Atlanta, serving as a national correspondent. She has been working with the network since November 2015.
Dianne Gallagher Age
Gallagher is 39 years old as of 2022, She was born on April 12, 1983.
Dianne Gallagher Height
Gallagher stands at the height of 5 feet 10 inches tall.
Dianne Gallagher Family
Gallagher was born to her parents Sandra M Gallagher her mother and her father Keith Gallagher. Her father is the former general of Amy in the United States. She was brought up alongside her two siblings.
Dianne Gallagher Husband
Gallagher is married to Allan Cavanana, they tied the knot on March 25, 2017. The two first met while working at the local station in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012.
Dianne Gallagher’s Net Worth
Gallagher has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$3 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a correspondent.
Dianne Gallagher Salary
She earns an annual salary ranging from $ 30,000 – $ 115, 000.
Dianne Gallagher Education
Gallagher graduated from the University of Tennessee and the University of North Carolina Charlotte
Dianne Gallagher Career
Gallagher works for CNN, where she serves as a National Correspondent based in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is reporting on vulnerabilities in elections systems across the country, Paying attention to integrity and election security leading up to the 2020 presidential race in November.
Dianne spent much of 2019 covering the off-year elections in states across the US. She has mostly reported on the election fraud which led to a hearing that overturned the results and a tight re-do election that was a political priority for both parties for months in North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional District. Moreover, Gallagher spent time reporting the devastating aftermath of the deadly Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.
Furthermore, she lived in Florida for a month, embedding with the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl. While in Florida, she was reporting live from a bus as they caravanned from Parkland to the state capital for the “March for our Lives” demonstration. Gallagher sometimes reports on the battle over gun legislation, both at the federal level and at the state.
In 2018, Gallagher was one of the few reporters to have an access to government detention facilities where families were held after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Dianne spent weeks helping families track down their loved ones after being apprehended in the summer of 2019 during historic ICE raids of chicken processing plants in Mississippi. Additionally, she has reported on multiple national disasters, including CNN’s Emmy-nominated hurricane coverage in 2017 and Hurricanes Florence and Michael in 2018.
Dianne Gallagher National Security
Before working for CNN, Gallagher worked in Washington, as a National Security Correspondent. While at the station, she reported on the fight against ISIS, and investigations into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections.
In addition to that Gallagher, spent most of the year reporting live when Donald Trump was declared the winner of the historic election and on the campaign trail. Furthermore, other historic reporting includes police-involved shootings and the protests that followed, the funerals of both boxing legend Muhammad Ali and Cuban President Fidel Castro. Lastly is the Pulse Nightclub massacre in Orlando.
Dianne Gallagher WCNC
Previously, she was working for WCNC in Charlotte, NC, where Gallagher was a lead reporter and morning anchor. While working for WCNC she won several awards for her work on the FBI investigation into and subsequent arrest of the city’s mayor, as well as on security issues in Charlotte.
Additionally, on the coverage of the state General Assembly, Dianne reported on controversial legislation on gerrymandering. Moreover, other legislation included same-sex marriage, government power, abortion, Voter ID, and government power.
Furthermore, while working in a battleground state, and the site of the 2012 Democratic National Convention. She covered the presidential election in 2012, and her journalism career began at CN2 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where she served as an anchor and reporter.
Dianne Gallagher Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She has over 6k followers on Instagram, over 1k followers on Facebook, and over 29k followers on her Twitter accounts.