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.
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.
Diaz is famous for his Shame on You series of reports which he did on WCBS-television for over twenty years. Diaz also worked for American Broadcasting Company News and WNYW in similar capacities, with the latter taking a page from WCBS and naming the segment Shame Shame Shame. 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.
Prior to joining WNYW-television, Diaz reported for WPLG-television in Miami from the early to mid-1970s, then to WCBS-television in New York as from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s. Diaz worked for American Broadcasting Company"s 20/20 as the show"s Consumer Investigative Reporter from 1995-2003.
He returned to WCBS-television in 2003 and revived the Shame On You segment. In January 2014, it was announced Diaz would no longer be working for WNYW-television On March 31, 2014.
Diaz joined WPIX as part of newly formed "PIX11 Investigates" unit with Greg Mocker, longtime reporter Mary Murphy and chief investigator Howard Thompson.