PERSON: Dianne Gallagher

National Correspondent

Dianne Gallagher is an American journalist based in Washington, D.C.​ She is a national correspondent​ for CNN​.

She began her career as an anchor and reporter at CN2 from April 2009 - December 2011 in Rock Hill, South Carolina​. Gallagher then joined WCNC from March 2012 - August 2015 as lead reporter and morning anchor.

While at WCNC, she received several awards for her work on security issues in Charlotte, as well as the FBI investigation into and subsequent arrest of the city’s mayor. While covering the state General Assembly, she covered often controversial laws passed on Voter ID, abortion, same sex marriage and government power.

In 2012, she covered the presidential election in the battleground state. Gallagher officially joined CNN in 2015, where her first assignment was covering the November 2015 Paris attacks​. In 2016, Gallagher reported from Orlando, Florida on the Pulse nightclub shooting​ where 49 people were killed.

That same year, she covered multiple police-involved shootings and accompanying protests in cities across America. She spent a week reporting live from Dallas, Texas after five officers were shot and killed at a protest there. Gallagher reported live from Louisville, Kentucky on the funeral of boxing legend and humanitarian Muhammad Ali​.

When former Cuban leader Fidel Castro​ died, Gallagher flew to Cuba​ to follow the burial ceremonies and talk to people there about what his death means for Cuba’s future. Gallagher spent most of 2016 on the campaign trail, going to caucuses, primaries, debates and party conventions all across the United States.

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