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# Diane Tsai
## Diane Tsai
Diane Tsai is a senior producer at TIME. Her work has received recognition from the U.S. State Department's American Film Showcase, Pictures of the Year, the Webbys, Gracies, Livingston Award, Newswomen's Club of New York, and Vimeo Staff Pick. She is the director and producer of the TIME Studios feature documentary Be Our Guest, which premiered at the 2021 DOC NYC Film Festival.
## Diane Tsai
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Dec 6, 2023
### [TIME REVEALS 2023 PERSON OF THE YEAR](https://time.com/6343492/time-reveals-poy/)
Since 1927, TIME has chosen a Person of the Year, the editors’ assessment of the individual who most...
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* 
May 9, 2022
### [How an Asian American Opera Singer Found Her Voice Amid a Reckoning with Race](https://time.com/6174438/nina-yoshida-nelsen-opera-racism-representation/)
"We want to see our stages reflect our society at large"
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* 
Sep 25, 2019
### [Why Mattel Is Releasing the First Gender-Neutral Doll](https://time.com/5684822/mattel-gender-neutral-doll/)
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* 
May 2, 2019
### [Watch: At Home with Mayor Pete Buttigieg and His Husband, Chasten](https://time.com/5582418/pete-buttigieg-husband-home-video/)
Read more about Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign in TIME's cover story
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* 
Feb 21, 2019
### ['I Am a Candidate.' The 2020 Race Begins](https://time.com/5534664/i-am-a-candidate-the-2020-race-begins/)
For those taking on Trump, standing out as a candidate is imperative
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* 
Nov 8, 2018
### ['If She Wins': Watch the Short Documentary on 2018's First-Time Congresswomen Who Flipped Their Districts](https://time.com/5449481/if-she-wins-documentary-first-time-congresswomen/)
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* 
Apr 4, 2018
### [What Happens When You Reimagine the Difficult Conversation About Guns](https://time.com/5226590/guns-conversation-america/)
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* 
Apr 25, 2017
### ['Every Day Is Like a Week': Sheryl Sandberg on How to Recover When the Worst Happens](https://time.com/4751200/sheryl-sandberg-option-b-grieving-advice/)
Use "the power of we," says the author of Lean In
* 
Apr 25, 2017
### [Sheryl Sandberg: What Not to Say to a Friend Who’s Having a Hard Time](https://time.com/4751235/sheryl-sandberg-grief-dave-golberg-option-b/)
"I got so much of this wrong" she says
* 
Apr 24, 2017
### [Sheryl Sandberg: 'I Dread Father's Day'](https://time.com/4751055/sheryl-sandberg-fathers-day/)
The Facebook COO talks to TIME
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* 
Aug 26, 2016
### [Ivelisse, Rebecca and Gina Rodriguez Talk About Their Paths to Success](https://time.com/4464753/gina-ivelisse-rebecca-rodriguez-paths-to-success/)
"I can and I will"
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* 
Aug 26, 2016
### [What Rahm, Zeke and Ari Emanuel Were Like Growing Up](https://time.com/4464757/rahm-zeke-and-ari-emanuel-growing-up/)
"If there wasn't blood, it was a good night."
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* 
Aug 26, 2016
### [Rev Run, Danny Simmons and Russell Simmons Talk About Their Childhood](https://time.com/4464672/rev-run-danny-simmons-russell-simmons-childhood/)
On snake hunting, hip hop and smoking pot
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* 
Aug 25, 2016
### [What Life Looks Like After the World's Most Extensive Face Transplant](https://time.com/4463200/face-transplant-the-first-family-vacation/)
Patrick Hardison received the most complex face transplant in history. Here's how he's doing a year ...
[HEALTH](/section/health/)
* 
Jul 29, 2016
### [Inside Bernie Sanders' Supporters Last Stand](https://time.com/4430613/dnc-bernie-sanders-last-stand/)
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
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