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.
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 briefly co-anchored with Bill Ritter before being forced out of that position in 2003, and replaced by rising ABC News star Liz Cho. Willians now anchors the 5 p.m broadcast.
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. 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.
Currently, Williams 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.
External links
7Online.com: Diana Williams - official WABC-TV bio
Inside the Five
Duke Univervity Alumni Duking it out: New York Anchors Weigh In
Diana Williams at the Internet Movie Database
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Categories: 1958 births | Living people | American television journalists | New York television reporters | New York City television anchors | Boston television anchors | Duke University alumni
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