Javier de Diego brings to Hampton University nearly 25 years of TV news production and reporting experience at the local and national levels, with most of that time in senior roles at CNN. He served on the frontlines of some of America’s biggest stories in the field and the control room, earning him one of his two Emmy awards. Mr. de Diego has led news program teams for some of CNN’s top talent including Wolf Blitzer, Jake Tapper and Chris Wallace, serving as Executive Producer of Wallace’s two popular programs on CNN and HBOMax. De Diego earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications, where he currently also serves as a member of the Journalism Advisory Council. He is the son of Cuban exiles, born and raised in South Florida, and proudly calls Hampton Roads home.