Meet The Team

Diane Larson

For 20 years, you've counted on Diane Larson to bring you the news that affects your life, your health, your wealth, your kids and your community.

Diane co-anchors 13 abc Action News at Five, Six and Eleven along with Lee Conklin.

Diane is a journalist who's won several awards for her reporting. She went to China to cover the story of the pandas' historic visit to the Toledo Zoo. She was in Washington to cover the first inauguration of President Clinton. She moderated Ohio's 1998 Gubernatorial Debate that was broadcast nationwide on C-Span. And she went to Hollywood to cover the Oscars the year Gwyneth Paltrow and Roberto Begnini won and interviewed them and several other celebrities.

What you see on TV is only a part of what Diane does for the community. For nearly 20 years, Diane has helped raise money to fight neuromuscular diseases through the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. She has been a Read for Literacy volunteer and helped one man learn to read after 30 years of struggling with illiteracy. For nearly a decade, she's helped raise money for Adopt America, an organization that helps hard-to-adopt kids find homes. And she's served as honorary chair of Toledo's Share our Strength fundraiser to help hunger relief agencies, the March of Dimes WalkAmerica, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk to Cure Diabetes, among others.

Diane is a graduate of Bowling Green State University. She's Andy's wife and Drew's mother and has two Siamese cats: Frank and Ramona.

Contact her at: Diane.Larson@abc.com.

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