Dianne Gallagher is an American journalist based in Atlanta. She is a national correspondent for CNN. ^{[5] [4] [11]}

Gallagher earned degrees from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte and the University of Tennessee Knoxville. ^{[5] [4]} At the University of Tennessee, she was a member of the Delta Zeta Sorority and played volleyball. ^{[5] [4]}

She began her career as an anchor and reporter at CN2 from April 2009 - December 2011 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. ^{[4] [5]} Gallagher then joined WCNC from March 2012 - August 2015 as lead reporter and morning anchor. ^{[5] [11]}

While at WCNC, she received several awards for her work on security issues in Charlotte, as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation into and subsequent arrest of the city's Mayor. While covering the state General Assembly, she covered often controversial Voter ID laws, Abortion law, same-sex marriage legislation in the United States and government power. ^{[5] [4]}

In 2012, she covered the presidential election in the battleground state.

^{[5] [4]} 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. ^{[5] [4]}

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. ^{[11] [5] [4]}

Gallagher is the daughter of a General of the Army (United States). Growing up, she moved from to country to contry. ^[5] She is fluent in six languages, including Arabic, German, Italian and Spanish. ^[5]

Dianne married Alan Cavanna, a reporter for Fox News on March 25, 2017. ^[3]

On July 3, 2019, Dianne posted a tweet about her miscarriage.

She wrote: "Last week, I had a miscarriage.

I didn't plan on publicly discussing the loss of our twins... but the silence & lack of "real" information surrounding losing a pregnancy made me feel isolated, exacerbating one of the most physically & emotionally excruciating times of my life."^[21][22]

She went on to say, "Physically, it’s a LONG process(not always over when it ends). Emotionally, my husband & I kinda feel like we’re in uncharted waters- which is weird b/c ~20% pregnancies end in miscarriage. I think I’d feel less alone if talking about something so "common" was, well, more common. I’m still experiencing the physical aftermath (yep. A week later, still bleeding. Had no idea how drawn out a miscarriage can be) but choosing to speak even a little, to be open about losing our twins feels like a good step for now." Gallagher ended with, "I don’t know what the next step is…that’s ok."^[22]