Mona Holmes of Eater LA - Food Journalism is About People Too
06/15/21 • 36 min
On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon is joined by Mona Holmes of Eater LA.
Mona talked about her career path and the entrepreneurial ventures she tried before deciding that food journalism was what she wanted to do.
She explained how food journalism is more than just about food, that it’s about telling stories about people and reporting on policy. She also discussed the process by which a story goes from idea to completion, pointed out the importance of photography to her work, and noted voids in the industry that aspiring journalists could look to fill.
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On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon is joined by Mona Holmes of Eater LA.
Mona talked about her career path and the entrepreneurial ventures she tried before deciding that food journalism was what she wanted to do.
She explained how food journalism is more than just about food, that it’s about telling stories about people and reporting on policy. She also discussed the process by which a story goes from idea to completion, pointed out the importance of photography to her work, and noted voids in the industry that aspiring journalists could look to fill.
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REAIR: What is Dialogue Journalism? Eve Pearlman of Spaceship Media
NOTE:
Taking the week off, so thought I'd dial it back to the very beginning - August 2020- with Episode 1a (I did 2 episodes to start- we'll call them both 1a).
This one is one of my favorites because the topics are interesting and the approach is so different.
Back next week with a new episode. Enjoy!
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On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark is joined by Eve Pearlman, the co-founder and CEO of Spaceship Media.
In Eve’s words, Spaceship Media is a company that invites exploration for journalists and conversation participants through a recently developed form of work known as dialogue journalism. Spaceship brings people from different groups together for conversations over an extended period of time and works with media outlets to report on what comes from those conversations.
Eve explains the origin of the company and how dialogue journalism works in the spirit of reconceptualizing what journalism is. She tells what motivated her to pursue this type of journalism, how projects are conceptualized, developed, and completed, and why journalists are ideal for the role they serve within dialogue journalism. She also shares her vision for future projects and pays it forward with advice, and a journalism salute of her own.
Core quote: “What can I do with the skills I have, from where I sit, to help the greater good?”
The Journalism Salute is a podcast intended to spotlight journalism organizations doing prominent work and to counter the notion of journalists as the enemy of the people. It is hosted by Mark Simon. Please subscribe, rate, and review.
Show Links
Guns, An American Conversation (Spaceship Media’s book)
Next Episode
REAIR: Allison Augustyn of InvestigateWest
NOTE: We're going to an every-other-week schedule in June and July, so check out one of our first episodes ...
This originally aired in August 2020 (hence the references to the Trump Administration).
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On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark is joined by Allison Augustyn, the executive director of InvestigateWest, a non-profit journalism studio based in Seattle.
In Allison’s words, InvestigateWest is reporting “for community, with community” using a modern investigative reporting approach. She explains the role that InvestigateWest fills and how the impact of their reporting on the Pacific Northwest is measured.
She provides examples of notable stories (a social justice component to environmental reporting) and the idea of “meeting people where they live.” She also previews an upcoming story running in The Atlantic. Lastly, she offers advice to aspiring investigative reporters and offers her own salute to a journalism organization.
Core quote: “There are economists who have put forth data that shows that for every dollar spent on investigative reporting, it yields $125 in societal good. It’s just that it takes a lot of time and money up front before you get that payoff.”
The Journalism Salute is a podcast intended to spotlight journalism organizations doing prominent work and to counter the notion of journalists as the enemy of the people. It is hosted by Mark Simon. Please subscribe, rate, and review.
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