Diane Cardwell
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Diane Cardwell is an African-American former[1] business reporter for The New York Times focusing on renewable energy.[2]
In an interview for BULLPEN, a student-written webzine by New York University's Department of Journalism, Cardwell replied that she was born in 1964 and grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.[3] The New York Times Metro editor Joe Sexton called her a "child of Harlem".[4] She wrote for The Harvard Crimson while an undergraduate at Harvard College.[5]
Career
Cardwell was an editor at 7 Days (1988–1990), a New York arts and entertainment weekly magazine, and a founder of Vibe.[6][7]
In 1991, Cardwell wrote for Entertainment Weekly.[8]
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.[9]
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.[10]
