Diane Pathieu

{{short description|American television anchor}}

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| birth_name = Diane Pathieu

| birth_date = September 18th 1978

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois

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| alma_mater = Columbia College Chicago

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| television =KFXB-TV
KCRG-TV
WTMJ-TV

WLS-TV

| occupation = Journalist
Newscaster

| years_active = 2000–present

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Diane Pathieu is an American television anchor who works for WLS-TV in Chicago.[http://archive.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/wtmjtvs-diane-pathieu-heading-back-home-to-chicago-3m30hr0-133663058.html Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "WTMJ-TV's Diane Pathieu heading back home to Chicago" by Duane Dudek] November 11, 2011[http://abc7chicago.com/about/newsteam/diane-pathieu/ ABC7 Profile: "Diane Pathieu"] retrieved May 28, 2017

Biography

Pathieu born and raised to an Assyrian family in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.[http://www.assyrianvoice.net/emagazine/?p=734 Assyrian Voice: "Interview with Diane Pathieu, Assyrian Anchor and Reporter for NBC affiliate WTMJ TV" By Ashur Sada] July 25, 2011 Her mother is an immigrant from Syria and her father is an immigrant from Lebanon. In 2001, she graduated with a B.A. from Columbia College. While in school, she worked at Metro/Shadow Traffic and WMAQ-TV. After graduation, she moved to Iowa to become an anchor and producer at KFXB-TV in Dubuque, Iowa. She then got a job as a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor at KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In 2005, she accepted a position at WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee 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.[http://www.dianepathieu.com/i-have-to-live-with-a-boy/ Diane Pathieu "I have to live with a BOY?"] March 28, 2016 She also speaks Assyrian.

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