Diana Williams
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| Diana Williams | ||
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| Born | October 13, 1958 (age 49) | |
| Birth place | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | |
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| Occupation | Journalist | |
| Notable credit(s) | News anchor: WBTV (1983-1987) WNEV (1987-1991) WABC-TV (1991-present) |
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Diana Williams (born October 13, 1958) is a news anchor at WABC-TV in New York City, where she currently co-anchors the 5 p.m. Eyewitness News broadcast with Sade Baderinwa and hosts the Sunday morning public affairs program Eyewitness News Up Close with Diana Williams. She and her family reside in Westchester County, New York.
[edit] Career
Williams graduated from Duke University in 1980 and began her television career in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she worked as a reporter at WSOC-TV and then as weeknight co-anchor at WBTV. From 1987 to 1991, she worked at WNEV-TV (now WHDH-TV in Boston.
She joined WABC-TV in 1991 as a reporter and weekend anchor, but soon became co-anchor of Eyewitness News at 11, and added Eyewitness News at 6 in 1999. For more than a decade, her co-anchor was Bill Beutel. After Beutel's retirement, Williams co-anchored with Bill Ritter before asking for a lighter workload in 2003. She gave up the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts, and now anchors at 5 p.m.
[edit] Accomplishments at WABC-TV
Williams has traveled around the world while covering stories for Eyewitness News. She has gone to Ireland to report on poverty there, and covered the Gulf War. She also covered the visits of Pope John Paul II to New York City and Baltimore, Maryland. [1] Williams has traveled to Israel to cover President Bush and his attempts for Mid-East peace.
When Williams joined the 5 p.m. news, she was paired with veteran anchor Roz Abrams, making them the first successful female evening anchor team in New York City television history. Sade Baderinwa replaced Abrams when she left for WCBS-TV, Channel 2. Recently, Williams and her son, Nathaniel, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Williams took several crew members to report on the trip. She reached the top of the mountain on July 23, 2007, just after 1 a.m. New York City time. [2]
Williams continues to be one of New York's leading female personalities. Currently, she is corresponding the 2008 Presidential Election. In 2008, Diana has travelled to Iowa, Washington, D.C., and even Jerusalem to cover the mid-eastern peace trials. Williams (although only the 5PM newscaster now) is considered one of the major faces of WABC-TV, since she is half of the superteam, herself and the late Bill Beutel, who she worked alongside for nearly a decade.
