Civil Eats
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Type of site | News website |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Created by | Naomi Starkman and Paula Crossfield |
| Editor | Naomi Starkman[1] |
| URL | civileats |
| Launched | 2009 |
Civil Eats is an independent, nonprofit digital news and commentary site about the American food system.[2] Founded in 2009 by Naomi Starkman and Paul Crossfield,[3] who left the organization in 2014, as of 2021 the editorial team now includes Twilight Greenaway, Matthew Wheeland, Christina Cooke, Tilde Herrera and Bridget Shirvell.[1] The site works with more than 100 freelance reporters nationwide. Among other topics, it reports on food policy, environmental issues, food-related health, and farming issues.
For its first four years, Civil Eats operated with no funding. It raised an unprecedented $100,000 via Kickstarter in 2013,[4] was named Publication of the Year in 2014 by the James Beard Foundation,[5] inducted into the Library of Congress in 2019,[6] and won the IACP Digital Media Award for Best Group Food Blog in 2020.[7] Editor-in-chief Naomi Starkman was a 2016 John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Who We Are". Civil Eats. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ^ "About". Civil Eats.
- ^ "2014 JBF Publication of the Year: Civil Eats". James Beard Foundation. May 7, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ^ Horgan, Richard (October 21, 2013). "Kickstarter Feeds Food Policy Blog Civil Eats". Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "2014 JBF Publication of the Year: Civil Eats | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Civil Eats to Be Included in the U.S. Library of Congress". Civil Eats. November 21, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/iacpculinary/status/1320175966442954755. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Class of 2016". JSK. Retrieved November 19, 2021.