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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 1d

"We are unable to respond to feature pitches that lack a description of a clear, central storyline/thesis..." I suffer from that condition too!

Boyce Upholt @boyceupholt.bsky.social · 1d

With Southlands Issue No. 01 getting set to ship next week -- it's time to start thinking about the next issue! See pitch guidelines here:

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Southlands - Issue No. 2 - Contributor Guidelines.docx

Issue No. 2 Pitch Guide Theme: PUBLIC / PRIVATE Updated: October 10, 2025 What is Southlands? Southlands is a new print journal that explores the diverse ways Southerners connect with the natural wo...

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 5d

Keep in mind: We know about the places that PR doesn’t promote because we travel and eat on our own dime. That’s why I hope you’ll consider paying to read this important story.

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 5d

Every day, @thefoodsection.bsky.social implicitly counters contemporary food journalism’s shortcomings—but sometimes we have to take on legacy media directly. Many thanks to Candy Hom for sharing her accounting of the AJC’s new 50 Best Restaurants list. thefoodsection.com/looking-for-...

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 8d

The recap is free to read, but only paying TFS subscribers this week met our new W. Va. bureau chief (how many media orgs have one of those?), learned about the best baleada in Aiken, S.C., and heard from an Asheville brewery worker fired for an FB post. Don't miss out! thefoodsection.com/subscribe/

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 19d

I spent years fishing for numbers to show vape shops are opening across the South at the expense of independent restaurants, and netted nothing--but was able to establish the retailers are taking over cultural space that once belonged to F&B. thefoodsection.com/sucking-up-s...

Sucking up space in Southern towns - The Food Section

Vape shops occupy every conceivable cranny

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 23d

“For decades there has been a very large money spigot open to those who are willing to sow hatred, bigotry, inequality and intolerance...Not so much being a plain ol' reporter or critic, stating facts and making necessary arguments without fear or favor.” #supportculturaljournalism

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 23d

This still seems relevant!
And I’m going to give away the punchline of this post I published *Tuesday* — before the whole Kimmel ABC fiasco: End subscriptions that reinforce everything bad that’s going on right now and pay for indie media & creativity (if you can) www.moryan.com/on-the-firin...

On the firing of Alan Sepinwall, the scary place we're in, and attempting to de-stupid the media

The past decade or two has not been a good one for members of the media. And it keeps getting worse on a lot of fronts. Cultural coverage in particular has been stomped pretty thoroughly, in dribs and...

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 26d

I am eternally grateful to @thefoodsection.bsky.social correspondents for their storytelling acumen, commitment to accuracy, and compassion for their subjects, but I also really like when they give me a chance to write heds like this one: thefoodsection.com/future-bride...

Future brides aren’t all that’s getting wasted in Nashville - The Food Section

New nonprofit salvages leftover bachelorette party food

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Sep 4

I failed to impress my husband with this headline for a @jedportman.bsky.social pawpaw soda chat, but hoping it's a hit with the masses (or at least @jessehirsch.bsky.social) thefoodsection.com/pawpaws-for-...

Pawpaws for refreshment - The Food Section

We put new Ale-8 to the Portman test

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Sep 3

HAHAHA. So glad that story rolled down the road to you!

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Sep 2

Need to add more food journalism to your media diet? TFS is among the pubs participating in the Indie Media Drive this month: We'd love your support! thefoodsection.com/subscribe/

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Aug 28

Not on our email list yet? Add your address before our next newsletter drops! thefoodsection.com/subscribe/

Subscribe - The Food Section

Subscribe to The Food Section As a paying Consumer or Champion, you will receive: Daily email newsletters, including our flagship South edition, local dispatches, Michael Stern’s review, and drinks co...

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just one reason why @thefoodsection.bsky.social entrusts its commemorative reporting to journalists who were there for the original event. Watch your inboxes tomorrow morning for Todd's coverage of how restaurants responded to the storm, and what it means for NOLA and Southern food culture today.

Todd A. Price @tprice504.bsky.social · Aug 28

I've also heard @NPR struggle to accurately report on Katrina. They keep referring to the "9th Ward" (Lower and Upper 9th suffered very different fates) and a story yesterday on federal failures mentioned only FEMA and the Army Corps.

Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · Aug 28

Been watching the Netflix documentary on Katrina. It's riveting but wildly inaccurate & sloppy in places. One instance that stood out to me in episode 2 was giving credit to Gen. Honore, whom I greatly admire, for generating the idea of commandeering school buses to evacuate NOLA. 1/2

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Aug 16

You can’t go home again, but you can go back to the town where you worked your first newspaper job…and get above-the-fold treatment. cdispatch.com/news/two-dec...

August 16, 2025 issue of The Commercial Dispatch

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hardly suprising that a story about curly fries has more twists and turns than the typical single food item feature, but the upshot is we now have a better idea of who helped make the potato shape a restaurant favorite. Good work, J.E. Gustin! thefoodsection.com/the-long-and...

The long and winding road - The Food Section

Straightening out the curly fry story

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Jul 9

Wow. If even T&L has quit shilling, you know something's gone wrong around here.

Did I mention I'm moving? thefoodsection.com/macon-georgi...

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Jun 24

I returned from #IRE25 all fired up to use AI for FOIA requests, but ChatGPT cried uncle, saying the task was too boring for anyone but a freelance journalist.

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Jun 2

Today in TFS, Colleen Hamilton has the story of how the potential of rehabilitative programs and Georgia’s past of labor exploitation come together in a jar innocuously labeled, “Governor’s Mansion honey.” thefoodsection.com/beekeeping-f...

Beekeeping flowers in Georgia state prisons - The Food Section

Incarcerated men are uncredited creators of Governor’s honey

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · May 27

my most Gen X coded belief is that cities and the culture at large suffer profoundly for the near-complete death of alt-weeklies

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · May 27

I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.

Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · May 25

I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · May 27

I have no idea how @onebywillie.bsky.social and @soundopinions.bsky.social hooked up, but seeing them cross in my podcast feed is like finding out my college and high school best friends have started hanging out together.

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · May 23

A couple of other numbers to consider: One month of the Chron is priced at $19.96. WaPo is $17. The Food Section costs $9, and I’ll make it five bucks if you subscribe today. thefoodsection.memberful.com/checkout?cou...

Society for Features Journalism @wearesfj.bsky.social · May 23

FOOD WRITING PORTFOLIO, DIV 3

Three stories, columns or reviews by the same writer on any food topic.

🥇 1st Place: @elenakadvany.bsky.social
🥈 2nd Place: Emily Heil, @washingtonpost.com
🥉 3rd Place: @hannaraskin.bsky.social
🏅 Honorable Mention: MacKenzie Chung Fegan,
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Susannah SB @whattastesgood.bsky.social · May 22

How many college campuses have their own distillery? And classes that teach students how to create, market, and sell a bourbon brand? @universityofky.bsky.social does, and I wrote about it for The Food Section. thefoodsection.com/selling-scho...
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Selling school spirit - The Food Section

University of Kentucky students learn the bourbon biz

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · May 19

"Of the 14 Charleston [F&B] superstars who loom over Queen Street in a mural painted by David Boatwright, four have left the industry. Three have moved away. Two have died. But just over a decade ago [...] the people depicted on brick were inseparable from the city’s surging culinary scene."

Charleston’s dining scene made an impression - The Food Section

Revisiting 2014 mural that captured F&B heyday

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · May 19

Aw, thank you! It’s sort of bittersweet that you’re never really of a place until a part of it you knew is gone.

Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · May 19

One of the lessons of Helene is longstanding governmental inadequacies and new climate realities are a deadly combination. Typically excellent work by @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social

ProPublica @propublica.org · May 19

NEW: As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable.

But there were no evacuation orders, and few grasped what was coming.

By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and @cgaribay.bsky.social

Helene’s Unheard Warnings

As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few ...

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · May 12

Thanks, Steve! And while fans of traditional barbecue may bid good riddance to the rules and fancy rigs, as @tprice504.bsky.social notes, these big events were long a source of needed revenue for small towns and nonprofits.

Steve Cavendish @scavendish.bsky.social · May 12

Big fan of what @hannaraskin.bsky.social has built at The Food Section. Worth checking out for pieces like this one on how the competitive BBQ circuit is thinning out, mainly due to costs.

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Competitive barbecue at risk of going up in smoke - The Food Section

Inflation has hamstrung the hobby

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