Arnold Díaz

Arnold Diaz (born July 4, 1949) is an American television consumer watchdog journalist, of Puerto Rican descent, who is currently employed by WPIX-TV in New York. Diaz is famous for his Shame on You series of reports which he did on WCBS-TV for over twenty years. Diaz also worked for ABC News and WNYW in similar capacities, with the latter taking a page from WCBS and naming the segment Shame Shame Shame.[1] He focuses most of his reports on exposing wrongdoings and incompetence by private industry and government agencies. His reports have led to jail time for a number of scam artists.[2]

Arnold Diaz
Born (1949-07-04) July 4, 1949
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
StatusMarried
OccupationNews reporter
Spouse(s)Shawn Diaz
Children3

Education

Diaz obtained his degree from Florida State University where he was a Phi Beta Kappa. He later received his master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

Career

Diaz first reported for WPLG-TV in Miami from the early to mid-1970s, then moved to WCBS-TV in New York, where he served from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s. During his time at WCBS, Diaz won 25 local Emmy Awards.[3] He has won a total of 48 Emmy awards throughout his career.[2] Diaz later worked for ABC's 20/20 as the show's Consumer Investigative Reporter from 1995 to 2003.[2] During his time with 20/20, he won the National Press Club Consumer Journalism Award and the Consumer Federation of America Media Service Award. He returned to WCBS in 2003 and revived the Shame On You segment, lasting there until moving to WNYW in 2006, where Diaz's segment continued under the new title of Shame, Shame, Shame.[4] In 1995, Diaz was induced into the National Academy of Arts and Sciences Silver Circle.[2] In January 2014, it was announced Diaz would no longer be working for WNYW-TV.[1] On March 31, 2014; Diaz joined WPIX as part of the newly-formed "PIX11 Investigates" unit with longtime reporters Mary Murphy and chief investigator Howard Thompson.

Family

Arnold Diaz lives in Port Chester, New York, with his wife and three children.[2]

References
  1. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/new-york-fox-station-eliminates-consumer-investigative-unit_b112828
  2. "Shame Shame Shame - New York News". My Fox NY. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  3. "For Shame, Diaz returns. (Station Break).(Arnold Diaz returns to WCBS-TV to revive "Shame on You" feature)". Broadcasting & Cable. 2003-01-13. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  4. "Return of the Shamer. (Bylines).(television journalist Arnold Diaz)". American Journalism Review. 2003-03-01. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2010-12-22.


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