Tuesday, March 17, 2009

this just in

Journalism and journalist are under fire more and more of late as the media landscape changes so quickly that sometimes it seems like people are getting hired and fired in the same day as long standing news papers with hundred year print runs go out of business in cities like Denver and Seattle and television stations in Chicago and other areas are put up for sale or shift their focus more toward entertainment and less toward real news.

Which is why it is so refreshing to read about Los Angeles' Channel 2CBS Anchor Laura Diaz. Starting with a BA degree in English from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Go Mustangs!) to her first on television job at KSBY-TV in San Luis to a reporter and anchor spot at Fresno's KFSN-TV she has always been on top of the news game.

Laura really made a name for herself as a reporter with KABC-TV covering the First Interstate Bank fire, the Northridge earthquake as well as the Los Angeles Riots – where she was briefly held at gunpoint. In 2002 Laura made the jump from KABC-TV to KCBS-TV to co-anchor both the 5 and 11 p.m. news broadcasts. She as been recognized by her peers numerous times, including eight Emmy Awards – in 2006 for Individual Achievement in Feature Reporting. Ms. Diaz also won back-to-back Golden Mike Awards in 2005 and 2006 for best feature reporting.

But anchoring the news is not all she does, Ms. Diaz also sits on the advisory board of trustees for The Joyful Child Foundation."

All in all, an amazing life and story, one that as they say on television is "one worth tuning in tomorrow for." This has been a sponsored post.

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