Caron Golden

Caron Golden is a San Diego–based freelance writer who is eager to help people learn how to experience both the joy of good food and the benefits of healthy living.

A graduate of UCLA, after years in the book publishing industry in New York, Golden returned to Southern California and began a career in journalism. Since the early 2000s she has reported on food and health, including for publications like The San Diego Union-Tribune, Diabetes Daily, Eating Well, Edible San Diego, Biolink Communications, Oncology News International, Copley News Service, and The American Diabetes Association. Her writing and reporting have earned dozens of awards over the years in the areas of food, health, and, yes, gardening.

Golden's perspective is that truly good food can be a key to experiencing a healthy life and that it should always give people pleasure. As someone with type 2 diabetes, she has had to rethink how to live, cook, and eat. Sharing all she has learned and continues to learn with people also living with that condition — and helping others avoid it — is a passion of hers.

• Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English Literature, the University of California, Los Angeles

• Excellence in Journalism Award for Gardening Writing, San Diego Press Club, 2024
• Excellence in Journalism Award for Science/Technology/Biotech Writing, San Diego Press Club, 2023
• Excellence in Journalism Award for Health & Medicine Writing, San Diego Press Club, 2023
• Excellence in Journalism Award and Best in Show for Food Writing, San Diego Press Club 2017

• Member and past president, San Diego Press Club