Laura Diaz



"The fourteen-time Emmy Award winner and a three-time Imagen Award winner" 

Laura Diaz is one of the most familiar and trusted journalists in Southern California. Her steady presence helps guide viewers through natural disasters, political milestones, sports celebrations and much more. Laura has anchored live, local coverage of everything from Papal visits to the dramatic rescue of the Chilean miners.

Laura Diaz  is a Southern California  newscaster  on KTTV  Fox 11 in Los Angeles . In September 2011, Diaz announced  that she would be leaving KCBS-TV after nine years to pursue producing projects under her own banner. A Southern California native and first-generation Mexican-American, Diaz had served as solo anchor of the weekday editions of CBS2 News at 6 p.m. since April 2010, until she left the station. In addition, she produced and hosted a series of “Eye on Our Community” specials for CBS2. Prior to that, Ms. Diaz  was the lead anchor at CBS2 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> and <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">ABC7 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> in Los Angeles. She was the first person of her heritage to hold that prestigious position at a Southern California English-language television station.

Awards
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">Laura Diaz <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> is a fourteen-time Emmy <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:normal;">Award <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> winner and a three-time Imagen Award winner. In August of 2011, Laura and her team took home the prestigious Imagen Award for Best Local Informational Program. It focused on the controversial topic of African American and Latino "Race Relations" in Los Angeles. This was the first special produced and aired under the CBS2 "Eye On Our Community" banner. In 2006 Laura earned an Emmy for Individual Achievement in Feature Reporting. Ms. Diaz also won back-to-back Golden Mike Awards in 2005 and 2006 for best feature reporting. In June 2005, she landed the first in depth television interview with incoming Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. That story earned her a national Imagen Award in 2006. Diaz produced and reported that piece. In 2003, Ms. Diaz received the L.A. Press Club's highest honor, the "Joseph M. Quinn Award" for journalistic excellence and distinction. It represents a milestone in her career.