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09.10.2024
Adriana Diaz, 2024 Laureate of the US Sciences Po Alumni Award
The Sciences Po American Foundation will award the 2024 US Sciences Po Alumni Award to Adriana Diaz (‘09) at the Residence of the French Ambassador in Washington D.C. on November 22, 2024. Members of the Sciences Po community are encouraged to join to recognize and honor Adriana’s embodiment of the values that Sciences Po strives to uphold, while enjoying an opportunity to network and engage with fellow Alumni.
Adriana Diaz is a co-host of "CBS Mornings Plus," a third hour of "CBS Mornings" broadcast weekdays by several CBS-owned stations and simulcast on CBS News 24/7, CBS News and Stations' streaming news service. Diaz was named to the new role on "CBS Mornings Plus" in September 2024.
Adriana has interviewed key newsmakers, including landing Colin Kaepernick's only television interview about his book, "Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game," and interviewing former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and U.S. Olympian Allyson Felix about prioritizing wellness and overcoming adversity. She frequently conducts in-depth reporting on many of the most pressing issues facing communities of color locally and nationally. She also reports on immigration and has chronicled the journeys of Central American families attempting to cross Mexico by foot to reach the United States. Adriana spent a month covering the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and was part of the CBS News team that won an Outstanding News Special Emmy for "39 Days," a primetime documentary about the Parkland student movement.
Internationally, Adriana worked as CBS News’ Asia Correspondent based in Beijing, where she used her Mandarin skills to report from China on U.S.-Chinese relations, Chinese politics, science, and culture. She also reported from inside North Korea twice, documenting the country's political pageantry and isolation. Her Asia assignments also took her to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, South Korea, Japan, and Laos. She covered Pope Francis' visits to Brazil in 2013, Israel and the West Bank in 2014, Cuba in 2015, and Mexico in 2016. She was also part of the first team dispatched to Havana to normalize relations with the U.S. in December 2014 and covered the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
She attended Princeton University, majoring in public and international affairs. She earned a master's degree in public affairs and public administration in a dual degree program with Columbia University and Sciences Po.
Adriana’s journey is the perfect embodiment of a Sciences Po alumna. Her varied experiences reporting both in the U.S. and internationally have allowed her to excel all while providing a voice to diverse communities across the globe.
The Sciences Po American Foundation is proud to award Adriana Diaz the 2024 US Alumni Award and recognize her achievements.
