about.

Dianne de Guzman is an award-winning journalist and regional editor for Eater’s Northern California/Pacific Northwest sites. She covered the restaurant, bar, and pop-up scene in the San Francisco Bay Area, Portland, and Seattle, writing about new openings, trend pieces, in-depth profiles, and closures.

Dianne’s been a journalist for over 12 years and she’s worked as the Food + Drink editor at SFGATE; a public safety reporter for the Vallejo Times-Herald; a contributor to SFist and Valleywag; and as a web producer for the Los Angeles Times.

She is a UC Berkeley graduate with a film studies degree and earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism at the University of Southern California. She was born and raised in the Bay Area.

A W A R D S

2024: San Francisco Press Club

Series or Continuing Coverage (first place)

Lauren Saria, Dianne de Guzman

“California’s Junk Fee Ban,” Eater

2023: San Francisco Press Club

Magazines/Trade Publications, Series or Continuing Coverage

Eater San Francisco Staff

“Greetings From Gold Country,” Eater

2021: San Francisco Press Club

Newspapers-Daily: Profile (second place)

“Former Google worker finds joy in her San Francisco Dumpling Club,” SFGATE

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