Laura Diaz Biography
Laura Diaz is an American Emmy Award-winning anchor/reporter working for FOX 11 in LA. There she serves as the Southern California news anchor.
Laura Diaz Age
Diaz was born on 16 February 1958 in Santa Paula, California, United States. She is 63 years old as of 2021. She celebrates her birthday on 16 February.
Laura Diaz Height
She stands at an average height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Laura Diaz Family
She is the first generation of Mexican American in her family. Her family relocated to the Santa Clarita Valley when she was four years old. She’s a Roman Catholic.
Laura Diaz Husband | Married
She is a married woman. However, she has not revealed the name of her husband as she likes to keep her personal life private.
Laura Diaz Net Worth
Diaz has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million -$5 Million which she has earned through her career as a Journalist.
Laura Diaz Salary
Diaz earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Laura Diaz Career
Diaz serves at FOX 11 in LA as the Southern California news anchor. In May 2012, she started working for the Fox station. Since April 2010, she was the solo anchor of the weekday editions of CBS2 News at 6 pm before she left the station.
For CBS2, she created and hosted several “Eye on Our Culture” specials. She was previously Diaz’s lead anchor at CBS2 and ABC7 in Los Angeles. Diaz was the first Mexican-American to hold a lead anchor role at an English-language television station in Southern California. She was the first Mexican-American to hold a lead anchor role.
In 1983, she returned to Southern California as a KABC-TV reporter at the station’s Orange County office. As a reporter at KABC-TV, she covered many big stories, including the 1986 Los Angeles Central Library Eruption, the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, and the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
She started working as a weekend anchor in 1985, and three years later, she started to anchor KABC-TV ‘S 6 pm weekday evening newscast. She was appointed anchor for the station’s 5 pm and 11 pm newscasts in 1997. At an English-language television station in Los Angeles, this promotion made her the first female Hispanic lead anchor.
In September 2002, Diaz joined KCBS-TV as co-anchor of CBS 2 News at 5 and 11 pm with Harold Greene and Paul Magers joining her as co-anchor in 2004. One of the founding hosts of the pioneering Vista L.A. was also Diaz. On KABC-TV, one of Southern California’s first public relations shows to represent the region’s English-speaking Latino audience.
The prestigious Imagen Award was received twice by that program when she was the co-host. Her job with Vista L.A. He has won three local Emmy Awards as well. In August 2011, when “Eye on Our Neighborhood” was chosen as the Best Local Information Software, Diaz received the third Image Prize. She joined the company FOX L.A.
In May 2012, alongside FOX news anchor Susan Hirasuna, the weekend news broadcasts. When coming to her education, she graduated from Hart High School, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She is a grad of California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly SLO) in San Luis Obispo, California. Her first television job was at KSBY in San Luis Obispo, followed in Fresno by one at KFSN.
Laura Diaz FOX 11
Diaz is working at FOX 11 where she works alongside other famous FOX 11 anchors and reporters including;
- Mary Yoon
- Marla Tellez
- Phil Shuman
- Maria Quiban
- Drew Pinsky
- Elex Michaelson
- Tony McEwing
- Bill Lamb
- Soumada Khan
- Susan Hirasuna
- Liz Habib
- Rita Garcia
- Rick Dickert
- Christine Devine
- Bob DeCastro
- Vanessa Borge
- Araksya Karapetyan
Laura Diaz Social Media Platforms
Diaz is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She has over 12.4k followers on Twitter, and over 3.2k followers on Instagram.
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