Diane Pathieu is an American television anchor who works for WLS-TV in Chicago.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "WTMJ-TV's Diane Pathieu heading back home to Chicago" by Duane Dudek
November 11, 2011ABC7 Profile: "Diane Pathieu"
retrieved May 28, 2017

Biography

Pathieu born and raised to an

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family in the

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neighborhood of

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. Her mother is an immigrant from

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and her father is an immigrant from

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. In 2001, she graduated with a B.A. from Columbia College. While in school, she worked at Metro/Shadow Traffic and

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. After graduation, she moved to Iowa to become an anchor and producer at

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in Dubuque, Iowa. She then got a job as a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor at KCRG-TV

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and . In 2005, she accepted a position at WTMJ-TV in

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as a reporter on the morning newscast and as anchor for the noon newscast. In December 2011, she moved to WLS-TV where she serves as general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. Pathieu is married.Diane Pathieu "I have to live with a BOY?"
March 28, 2016 She also speaks

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pathieu, Diane Living people American television news anchors American people of Assyrian descent American women television journalists 1978 births Columbia College Chicago alumni