Diana Goodman
My role at The Ark
Diana is The Ark's copy editor and calendar editor. She helps make sure every story is accurate and clean before it reaches print, and she puts together the community calendar. Send event listings to her at calendar@thearknewspaper.com.
Background
Diana has been The Ark’s copy editor since March 2013 and also writes its entertainment calendar. She was a copy editor at the Marin Independent Journal from 2001 to 2006 and before that at the San Francisco Chronicle in 2000. She holds a bachelor’s degree in cinema and journalism from San Francisco State University. Outside The Ark, she is a producer, researcher and co-host of ThirtyTwentyTen, a podcast about the film, music, TV and pop culture of this week 30, 20 and 10 years ago. From 2002 to 2016 she ran the humor site Not Without My Handbag, known for its “bad baby names” collections, and moderated its forum of 9,000 registered users. She lives in Pacifica with her husband, Mikel, and their Chihuahua, Steve.
Our standards
Ark journalists avoid conflicts of interest, refuse gifts, favors, free travel and special treatment, and correct information throughout the life of a story. Read The Ark’s ethics policy and corrections policy.
Latest from Diana
Strawberry Recreation’s Scary at the Berry is Oct. 30
Strawberry Recreation’s Scary at the Berry runs 5-8 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Strawberry Recreation Center, with themed candy stations and a glow-in-the-dark tunnel.
By DIANA GOODMAN ·The Ranch’s Halloween Carnival is Sunday
The Ranch’s Halloween Carnival runs 2-4:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Belvedere Community Center, with carnival games, a reptile show and a mini haunted house.
By DIANA GOODMAN ·Michael Jackson tribute Foreverland Sunday in Belvedere
Michael Jackson tribute band Foreverland closes this year’s Belvedere Concerts in the Park series at 4 p.m. Sept. 6 at the gazebo in Community Park.
By DIANA GOODMAN ·
Bluegrass at Old St. Hilary's; Tiburon, Strawberry festivals
Strawberry Rec's Community Night and the Tiburon chamber's Friday Nights on Main are Aug. 21, while Charlie Torch will play a bluegrass concert Aug. 23.
By DIANA GOODMAN ·
America’s 250th: Where Tiburon Peninsula residents can celebrate
Tiburon celebrates the Fourth with a costumed dog parade down Tiburon Boulevard, live music and food on Ark Row, then the Golden Gate Bridge fireworks from Shoreline Park.
By DIANA GOODMAN ·
Mind-benders, superheroes, awkward youth are binge-ready TV
Coronavirus has been altering filming schedules and release patterns for about 6 months now, and the fallout from these changes will...
By DIANA GOODMAN ·
Now’s the time to binge-watch original streaming shows
Fears of spreading coronavirus have closed most entertainment options for the next few weeks, but luckily, there’s so much entertainment...
By DIANA GOODMAN ·
