Diane Cardwell

Diane Cardwell is an African-American former[1] business reporter for The New York Times focusing on renewable energy.[2]

Early life

In an interview for BULLPEN, a student-written webzine by NYU's Department of Journalism, Cardwell replied that she was born in 1964 and grew up in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.[3] The New York Times Metro editor Joe Sexton called her a "child of Harlem".[4]

Career

Cardwell was an editor at 7 Days (1988–1990), a New York arts and entertainment weekly magazine, and a founder of Vibe.[5][6]

In 1991, Cardwell wrote for Entertainment Weekly.[7]

In 1995, The New York Times hired Cardwell as an arts and entertainment staff editor for the Sunday magazine.[2] In 2000, Cardwell became a reporter.[2] In 2005, The New York Times promoted Cardwell to city hall bureau chief.[4]

Cardwell has written for New York, O, The Oprah Magazine, Details, Rolling Stone and Vogue.[8]

"I don’t look at documents" — Diane Cardwell[3]

In August 2021, Kerry Washington planned to produce and star in, an adaptation of Cardwell's memoir, Rockaway: Surfing Headlong Into a New Life, for Netflix.[9]

Works
  • Cardwell, Diane (2020). Rockaway: Surfing Headlong Into a New Life. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-358-06778-8.[10]

Personal life

On 5 October 2002, Diane Cardwell married Eric Steven Nonacs.[11]

References
  1. Funke, Daniel (28 July 2017). "New York Times buyout watch, 2017 edition (Updated)". Poynter. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. "Diane Cardwell". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. Degliuomini, Johnny. "Backgrounder: Diane Cardwell". Bullpen. nyujournalismprojects.org. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. Prince, Richard (April 14, 2006). "Incremental Change at N.Y. Times". Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. Archived from the original on 19 June 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  5. "Thad Ziolkowski on the Surf Memoir, with Diane Cardwell & Michael Scott Moore". Graduate Center. CUNY. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  6. Mills, David (September 14, 1992). "The Corporate Hip-Hop Hope". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  7. "Diane Cardwell". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  8. "Diane Cardwell". Aevitas Creative Management. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. Jackson, Angelique (3 August 2021). "Kerry Washington to Star in and Produce Film Adaptation of Diane Cardwell's Memoir 'Rockaway' for Netflix". Variety. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  10. "ROCKAWAY". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  11. "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Diane Cardwell, Eric Nonacs". The New York Times. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 6 November 2022.


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