Right
Time and
Place
The
WRITTEN BY ADRIANA MARIELLA
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY
TRAFFIC ANCHOR
CARA DI FALCO
48 WAYNE MAGAZINE
MAY 2015
COURTESY OF NEWS 12; BACKGROUND : THINKSTOCK
C
ara Di Falco starts her day at News 12 New
Jersey before the sun rises. As the station’s
morning traffic anchor, she is in the studio
by 4:30 a.m. and on the air by 5 a.m.,
leaving her husband, Eddie, and dog,
Roxie, still asleep at home.
Di Falco, who was born and raised in Kinnelon, has
been reporting traffic for News 12 New Jersey since
2009, when the station needed someone to fill in for the
weather report. She eventually landed the permanent
role. “I was in the right place at the right t [YK8