About Diane Dimond

Diane Dimond is a modern-day journalist who defies a category. She's been called "a renaissance broadcaster" for her versatility on-air and "a reporter's reporter" for her consistently high-quality investigative storytelling. Dimond's greatest talent may be her ability to communicate complicated stories in an understandable, common-sense way.

She may be best known for her investigations into the child molestation charges against Michael Jackson. Dimond's coverage of Jackson's criminal trial was seen by millions on Court TV, NBC's "Today Show," "Dateline," MSNBC, "Larry King Live" and news outlets worldwide. She (wrote) the book "Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case," in November 2005. Dimond also spent many years as a correspondent covering national politics on Capitol Hill, the White House and several presidential campaigns.

Dimond has held a variety of noteworthy positions in all branches of media: as co-host with Geraldo Rivera on CNBC's "Upfront Tonight," investigative reporter for "Hard Copy," news anchorwoman for National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" and columnist for both the New York Post and the Albuquerque Journal.

Most recently Diane has branched out on multimedia platforms to tell the stories she finds so fascinating. She maintains an official website at www.DianeDimond.net and is active in the groundbreaking Internet site True Slant.

Dimond has been praised for her hard-hitting interviews with a number of infamous prison inmates, including Pamela Smart, a school teacher serving a life sentence for enticing her high school lover to kill her husband; James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr.; Jeffrey McDonald, the convicted "Fatal Vision Killer"; Kenneth Bianchi, the convicted "Hillside Strangler"; and Dimond is the only reporter to have ever interviewed Richard Allen Davis, the convicted killer of Polly Klaas.

Diane Dimond lives in Rockland County, New York, with her husband, fellow broadcast journalist and voiceover artist Michael Schoen.