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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 1d

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The ABCs of drinks journalism - The Food Section

Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 2d

If you've gone from one North Carolina ABC store to the next, fruitlessly looking for amaro, take five bucks from that unspent liquor budget and buy The Food Section's ranking of 97 ABC stores across N.C. Here's why we pursued this massive secret-shopping project: thefoodsection.com/the-abcs-of-...

TFS unveils its most ambitious project yet

Mississippians Say ‘No Kings’ From Kosciusko to Gulfport

Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 3d

The massive number of marchers is encouraging, but it's the small groups of protesters which make the movement meaningful. Thanks for covering, @mississippifreepress.org

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 3d

In Kosciusko, Mississippi, a small group of 11 residents carrying signs with messages like “No Kings” and “We the People Are Tied” marched Saturday from the city hall to the James Meredith historic marker.

They were among thousands who protested the Trump administration across the state.

Thousands of Mississippians took to the streets in No Kings protests on Saturday, Oct. 18, from small towns to the state’s largest cities.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 4d

Come out and play, all you restaurateurs hell-bent on replicating NY/NJ interpretations of Italian cooking in the Carolinas. In today's newsletter, my thoughts on the cuisine's promise and growth potential in the American South. thefoodsection.com/scenes-from-...

Scenes from Italian restaurants - The Food Section

Connecting with cuisine in Hanahan, South Carolina

Southlands - Issue No. 2 - Contributor Guidelines.docx

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 13d

"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 · 13d

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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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 · 17d

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.

Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 17d

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-...

Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · 21d

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/

Sucking up space in Southern towns - The Food Section

Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Sep 22

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...

Vape shops occupy every conceivable cranny

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

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Sep 18

“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 · Sep 18

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...

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...

www.moryan.com

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Hanna Raskin @hannaraskin.bsky.social · Sep 15

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

Pawpaws for refreshment - The Food Section

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-...

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/

Subscribe - The Food Section

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 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...

The long and winding road - The Food Section

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...

Straightening out the curly fry story

Beekeeping flowers in Georgia state prisons - The Food Section

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...

Incarcerated men are uncredited creators of Governor’s honey