- Is of French Canadian and Irish extraction.
- Was a correspondent for Hard Copy (1987) and later Extra (1994) before moving to CNBC to co-host Up Front Tonight (1998) with Geraldo Rivera in 1998. After that show was canceled in 2000, she moved to MSNBC, where she does reporting and hosting duties. Dimond was fired from "Hard Copy" because she was making false claims to try to boost her own career.
- Moved from MSNBC to the Fox News Channel, where she hosts a weekend news show. (2001)
- Lives in Rockland County, New York with her husband, Michael Schoen, a fellow broadcast journalist and voice-over artist.
- Her parents are mother Ruby Hughes and father Allen D. Hughes (who died in 2004).
- Has a daughter named Jenna.
- Entertainment Tonight (1981) special correspondent [2009].
- She began her broadcasting career at KOB Radio, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 1976, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she anchored newscasts for NPR's "All Things Considered". From 1980 to 1986, she was a congressional and political correspondent for the RKO Radio Networks. In 1986, she moved to New York where she served as a TV reporter for WCBS-TV.
- Newsweek/Daily Beast.com columnist.
- Reports and occasionally hosts for "Court TV", and appears from time to time on Good Morning America (1975) to discuss courtroom matters. (December 2004)
- Release of her book, "Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case". The book is dedicated to her father who died in 2004. (2005)
- Release of her book, "Cirque du Salahi: Be Careful Who You Trust". (2010)
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