 After spending a brief time in radio, he worked in print journalism during the mid-1980s, as the Central American Bureau Chief for what was then called the Spanish International Network (today known as Univision), and as a print journalist for United Press International.He subsequently established himself as a television news reporter in Miami, where he worked for WTVJ from 1988 till he was hired by CBS in May 1996.In August 1996, Diaz-Balart made history by becoming the first Cuban-American to host a network news program when he began anchoring for the CBS News program "This Morning".