Adriana Diaz Biography
Adriana Diaz is an American television journalist who works as a CBS News national correspondent based in Chicago and anchors the Saturday edition of “CBS Weekend News,” which airs from CBS News’ Chicago Bureau, which is housed in the CBS-owned and operated station WBBM-TV.
How old is Adriana Diaz? – Age
She is 38 years old as of 2022. She was born in 1984 in Bronx, New York, United States. Her real name is Adriana Sabrina Diaz.
Does Adriana Diaz speak Spanish? – Family – Education
She was born in the Dominican Republic to Dominican immigrants and has an older brother named Gabe. Diaz was a student at Stuyvesant High School. She studied public and international affairs at Princeton University. In a dual degree program at Columbia University and France’s Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, she earned a master’s degree in public affairs and public administration (Science Po).
Who is CBS Adriana Diaz married to? – Husband
She is married to Bryan Smith, a cardiologist at the University of Chicago Medical Center. The couple wedded on June 25, 2020, at St. Mary of the Angel’s Church. They were able to marry over a 6,500-mile distance using FaceTime. The couple met at a rooftop barbecue organized by her younger sister in downtown Chicago. Bryan recalls approaching Adriana after working the grill, hoping that his corny jokes and overcooked burgers would pique her interest.
Adriana Diaz Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 Million.
Adriana Diaz Salary
She earns an annual salary of $10 thousand.
Adriana Diaz Career
Diaz first appeared on the network in 2012. She recently returned from the COVID-19 wards of Wisconsin’s largest hospital, where she interviewed patients and frontline workers. She and her colleagues have also written about how the pandemic has disproportionately affected minorities. Diaz has covered the Chicago gun violence, the Flint water crisis, and the caravans of migrants traveling by foot to the United States from Mexico. Diaz spent a month covering the Parkland, Florida, school shooting and was a member of the CBS News team that won an Emmy for “39 Days,” a primetime documentary about the Parkland student movement.
She was also a member of the network team that received an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for outstanding breaking news coverage of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
Diaz previously worked as CBS News’ Asia correspondent in Beijing, where she used her Mandarin skills to report from China on US-China relations, Chinese politics, science, and culture. Diaz reported twice from North Korea, capturing the country’s political pageantry and isolation. She was also assigned to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Japan, and Laos during her time in Asia.
Diaz covered Pope Francis’ visits to Brazil in 2013, Israel and Palestine in 2014, Cuba in 2015, and Mexico in 2016 as a CBS Newspath correspondent. She was part of the first team sent to Havana in December 2014 to cover the normalization of relations with the United States, as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Diaz previously worked for Channel One News and hosted Yahoo’s “Trending Now” web show before joining CBS News. Diaz worked as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs prior to becoming a journalist. In a dual degree program at Columbia University and France’s Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, she earned a master’s degree in public affairs and public administration (Science Po).