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The Food Section’s origin story: Pushing for more thoughtful food journalism
Regardless of reason, uncritical food writing shores up existing power structures, and fails to serve the consumers and workers who stand to be hurt by them.
Food reporting should go beyond buzzwords
Food reporters shouldn't just write about what's on their plate — they need to interrogate how it got there.
What is the Food Media Reckoning?
Reporting, essays, and criticism about the holes that still exist in food media — and what its future could look like when we look to its past.
Q&A: Jenny Dorsey of Studio ATAO
A conversation about tokenism in food media, the importance of disrupting it, and what food media might look like in the future.
I was a millennial diversity hire
How people of color in food media are still disposable, even in 2023.
Q&A: Daniel Nichanian on the nuts and Bolts of local democracy coverage for a national audience
Daniel Nichanian, the founder and editor-in-chief of Bolts, on why he’s “making a bet” on building new audiences for state and local democracy reporting.
Meet our new Democracy Correspondents!
The Objective is bringing on two Democracy Correspondents: Uyiosa Elegon and Jacob Gardenswartz.
The Food Section’s origin story: Pushing for more thoughtful food journalism
Regardless of reason, uncritical food writing shores up existing power structures, and fails to serve the consumers and workers who stand to be hurt by them.
Food reporting should go beyond buzzwords
Food reporters shouldn't just write about what's on their plate — they need to interrogate how it got there.
What is the Food Media Reckoning?
Reporting, essays, and criticism about the holes that still exist in food media — and what its future could look like when we look to its past.
Q&A: Jenny Dorsey of Studio ATAO
A conversation about tokenism in food media, the importance of disrupting it, and what food media might look like in the future.
I was a millennial diversity hire
How people of color in food media are still disposable, even in 2023.
Q&A: Daniel Nichanian on the nuts and Bolts of local democracy coverage for a national audience
Daniel Nichanian, the founder and editor-in-chief of Bolts, on why he’s “making a bet” on building new audiences for state and local democracy reporting.
Meet our new Democracy Correspondents!
The Objective is bringing on two Democracy Correspondents: Uyiosa Elegon and Jacob Gardenswartz.
