Diane Marie Francis (born 14 November 1946) is a Canadian journalist, author and editor-at-large for the National Post newspaper since 1998.

[5] Francis was a reporter and columnist with the Toronto Star from 1981 to 1987, then a columnist and director with the Toronto Sun, Maclean's and the Financial Post in 1987[6] and its editor from 1991 to 1998, when it was taken over by the National Post and incorporated into it.

She is a broadcaster, speaker and author of ten books on Canadian socioeconomic subjects.

[2] She publishes a twice-weekly newsletter about geopolitics, white collar crime, trends, technology, and business which is a best-seller and read in 106 countries.

Francis was a distinguished professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto until 2018.