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 in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
[3] The New York Times Metro editor Joe Sexton called her a "child of Harlem".
[4] Cardwell was an editor at 7 Days (1988–1990), a New York arts and entertainment weekly magazine, and a founder of Vibe.
[7] In 1995, The New York Times hired Cardwell as an arts and entertainment staff editor for the Sunday magazine.