FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 9, 2019

NEW COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND PRESS SECRETARY
APPOINTED AT THE DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN

DeSales Media Group, the communications and technology arm of the Diocese of Brooklyn, is pleased to announce Adriana Rodriguez has been promoted to the position of Director of Communications and Press Secretary, effective January 2, 2019.

In the last year, Ms. Rodriguez has excelled at handling the variety of inquiries that have come into the busy press office. In addition, she organized two volunteer trips to help hurricane victims in Houston and Puerto Rico.

Before joining DeSales Media Group in 2017, she held numerous positions over a 25-year career in local and national TV news. She was an on-air reporter for 12 years, including locally at WNBC and WABC, and covered the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Ms. Rodriguez grew up in Queens and attended Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary elementary school and St. Francis Preparatory School. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism at New York University and is currently completing her Master’s Degree in Public Relations at Hofstra University.

She is a parishioner at St. Anne’s Church in Garden City, where she lives with her husband, Mike, two teenage children, Sophia and Ryan, and their dog, Maddie.

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