Hanna Raskin
@hannaraskin.bsky.social
Editor and publisher of The Food Section, covering food and drink across the American South. thefoodsection.com
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With the Post effectively abdicating its local news role, I would encourage anyone wanting to support local news in DC to support @51st.news and my old colleagues at @wcp.bsky.social.
There is so much reporting needed in that city. Support them. Grow them.
There is so much reporting needed in that city. Support them. Grow them.
February 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
With the Post effectively abdicating its local news role, I would encourage anyone wanting to support local news in DC to support @51st.news and my old colleagues at @wcp.bsky.social.
There is so much reporting needed in that city. Support them. Grow them.
There is so much reporting needed in that city. Support them. Grow them.
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this is true AND ALSO if any laid-off folks want to talk about how to try to make a go of the independent newsletter route (which i will be extremely clear, is very hard and not a meaningful substitute for a salaried newsroom for most people, including me!) my dms are open
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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February 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286
This is 100 percent correct, but it doesn't mean successful media orgs--ones which are serious about exposing and challenging harmful power structures--can't emerge from the ashes. Collaboration is coming. (We started as a measly Substack, and published a former Postie this week: thefoodsection.com)
February 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
This is 100 percent correct, but it doesn't mean successful media orgs--ones which are serious about exposing and challenging harmful power structures--can't emerge from the ashes. Collaboration is coming. (We started as a measly Substack, and published a former Postie this week: thefoodsection.com)
Props to @seamushughes.bsky.social for showing how many vital stories go untold where legacy local news is kaput. One-man shops like @courtwatch.bsky.social & @thefoodsection.bsky.social can help, but we need reader support to hire reporters and obtain documents. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
The Rabbit Hole: Dockets Die in Darkness
Among the 17 counties in Georgia that don’t have a single local news source, 12 of them are in the Middle District of Georgia’s jurisdiction. This week, we sought to examine the dockets dying in the d...
www.courtwatch.news
February 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Props to @seamushughes.bsky.social for showing how many vital stories go untold where legacy local news is kaput. One-man shops like @courtwatch.bsky.social & @thefoodsection.bsky.social can help, but we need reader support to hire reporters and obtain documents. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...
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Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
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A giant American flag that covers a full football field costs $6,900 to rent for a game.
January 20, 2026 at 12:53 AM
A giant American flag that covers a full football field costs $6,900 to rent for a game.
Remember that great moment in Looking for a Ship when a sailor seethes at hearing a "storm has gone safely out to sea"? Turns out racism doesn't end at the shoreline either; TFS reports today on what Black seafood professionals have experienced in the industry: thefoodsection.com/racism-was-i...
“Racism was in the water” - The Food Section
Seafood professionals break down the Black experience
thefoodsection.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Remember that great moment in Looking for a Ship when a sailor seethes at hearing a "storm has gone safely out to sea"? Turns out racism doesn't end at the shoreline either; TFS reports today on what Black seafood professionals have experienced in the industry: thefoodsection.com/racism-was-i...
It's annual report day at @thefoodsection.bsky.social! Brass tacks: We're ending the year with a $5K shortfall that we'd love to shrink before the start of our fifth anniversary year. Fortunately, TFS subscriptions make great gifts! thefoodsection.com/tfs-releases...
TFS releases its 2025 annual report - The Food Section
Getting down to business
thefoodsection.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It's annual report day at @thefoodsection.bsky.social! Brass tacks: We're ending the year with a $5K shortfall that we'd love to shrink before the start of our fifth anniversary year. Fortunately, TFS subscriptions make great gifts! thefoodsection.com/tfs-releases...
Seems like Talon could be a star on the J-school circuit. www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
Suspect turns the tables and bites police dog with ‘intent to maim,’ NC cops say
The same dog was stabbed during a 2020 arrest, police say.
www.newsobserver.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Seems like Talon could be a star on the J-school circuit. www.newsobserver.com/news/state/n...
I know I'm notorious for saying every story is a food story, but dollar stores really are where rural America shops for groceries--for reasons outlined in this insightful and maddening investigation of another company picking the pockets of our nation's poorest consumers.
Here's our investigation, co-authored with @jocelynzuck.bsky.social. Through an nationwide records search, we found that Dollar General stores have failed more than 4,300 government price-accuracy inspections over the past four years. Family Dollar stores have failed more than 2,100. (2/2)
How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices
A Guardian investigation reveals Dollar General and Family Dollar stores often fail to honor their shelf prices – charging more at checkout for everything from frying pans to Frosted Flakes
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I know I'm notorious for saying every story is a food story, but dollar stores really are where rural America shops for groceries--for reasons outlined in this insightful and maddening investigation of another company picking the pockets of our nation's poorest consumers.
After shrimp fraud allegations rocked the Southern restaurant scene, @thefoodsection.bsky.social took a closer look. Our verdict? Diners can stop worrying about being hoodwinked—and start thinking about how the promotional campaign behind the scandal played out. thefoodsection.com/opening-the-...
Opening the shrimpgates - The Food Section
TFS peels back seafood fraud allegations
thefoodsection.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
After shrimp fraud allegations rocked the Southern restaurant scene, @thefoodsection.bsky.social took a closer look. Our verdict? Diners can stop worrying about being hoodwinked—and start thinking about how the promotional campaign behind the scandal played out. thefoodsection.com/opening-the-...
Lucky parents! As @thefoodsection.bsky.social reported a few football seasons back, recruitment's all about wining and dining the moms. thefoodsection.com/the-mother-o...
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Lucky parents! As @thefoodsection.bsky.social reported a few football seasons back, recruitment's all about wining and dining the moms. thefoodsection.com/the-mother-o...
You can count on @poynterinstitute.bsky.social to do journalism right! Touched that @amariscastillo.bsky.social called @thefoodsection.bsky.social's ABC evaluator, mortgage broker Kodaah Hansen (pictured here 20 years ago, when he was in Big Brothers with my husband.) www.poynter.org/business-wor...
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
You can count on @poynterinstitute.bsky.social to do journalism right! Touched that @amariscastillo.bsky.social called @thefoodsection.bsky.social's ABC evaluator, mortgage broker Kodaah Hansen (pictured here 20 years ago, when he was in Big Brothers with my husband.) www.poynter.org/business-wor...
It's not every Monday that I get to use the terms "gender parity" and "blackened salmon" in the same subhed. Thanks, Steve!
Why you should be paying for @hannaraskin.bsky.social's The Food Section: This outstanding piece on the food (and the people behind the food) at an Atlanta strip club.
Excellent piece.
thefoodsection.com/step-aside-g...
Excellent piece.
thefoodsection.com/step-aside-g...
Step aside, gentlemen - The Food Section
At Atlanta strip club, blackened salmon spurs parity
thefoodsection.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's not every Monday that I get to use the terms "gender parity" and "blackened salmon" in the same subhed. Thanks, Steve!
As David W. Brown writes, "In the wine world, there are only two stories right now: People are drinking less wine, and climate change is destroying winemaking." Yet he's found another at their nexus: AI is assaulting the planet and undermining sensory perception. thefoodsection.com/feeling-our-...
Feeling our way through the data minefield - The Food Section
AI poised to pervert wine appreciation
thefoodsection.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
As David W. Brown writes, "In the wine world, there are only two stories right now: People are drinking less wine, and climate change is destroying winemaking." Yet he's found another at their nexus: AI is assaulting the planet and undermining sensory perception. thefoodsection.com/feeling-our-...
Based on reader feedback, lots of folks weren't familiar with baker's lung before reading our West Virginia correspondent's coverage of one pepperoni roll factory's efforts to combat it. Even if you're fluent in flour dust threats, check it out! thefoodsection.com/air-of-resis...
Air of resistance - The Food Section
Fighting baker’s lung in black lung country
thefoodsection.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Based on reader feedback, lots of folks weren't familiar with baker's lung before reading our West Virginia correspondent's coverage of one pepperoni roll factory's efforts to combat it. Even if you're fluent in flour dust threats, check it out! thefoodsection.com/air-of-resis...
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When the Food Journalist Needs Food Stamps by @serenamaria36.bsky.social
When the Food Journalist Needs Food Stamps
A personal story about dignity, survival, and the systems that decide who gets to eat — plus the latest on Doppy’s comeback and Chicago’s Whistlemania movement.
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When the Food Journalist Needs Food Stamps by @serenamaria36.bsky.social
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Decision Desk has called both of Georgia's statewide races, for public service commissioner, for Democrats.
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Decision Desk has called both of Georgia's statewide races, for public service commissioner, for Democrats.
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
This is independent media at its best. Tune in!
Catch everyone's favorite election data whisperer on the Hell Gate election night livestream, which kicks off at 8 p.m.! Michael will be on in the 9 p.m. hour.
Bookmark this page now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKA4...
Bookmark this page now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKA4...
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is independent media at its best. Tune in!
If anyone's seeking comment on the restaurants which made Michelin's American South list, my count shows I've eaten at 117 of them (but famously not Malagon; couldn't resist resurrecting this one.) www.postandcourier.com/food/restaur...
Review: Malagon serves marvelous food to those allowed into downtown Charleston restaurant
Malagon is making exceptional food, but its owners don’t want you or me to know it.
www.postandcourier.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If anyone's seeking comment on the restaurants which made Michelin's American South list, my count shows I've eaten at 117 of them (but famously not Malagon; couldn't resist resurrecting this one.) www.postandcourier.com/food/restaur...
While a spokeswoman distinguished the release forwarded to @thefoodsection.bsky.social by @ashevegas1.bsky.social from tonight's "official release," she didn't respond to a question about its accuracy. Enjoy with lots of salt! www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
A Taste of Excellence: MICHELIN Guide Announces Inaugural American South Selection
This evening the MICHELIN Guide announced the inaugural selection for the American South, and it features 10 One MICHELIN Star restaurants in addition to...
www.globenewswire.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
While a spokeswoman distinguished the release forwarded to @thefoodsection.bsky.social by @ashevegas1.bsky.social from tonight's "official release," she didn't respond to a question about its accuracy. Enjoy with lots of salt! www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Said more and more in the post-Spaghetti corpse era.
This, and nothing else, has inspired me to visit Laurinburg
One of the first myths we demolished about North Carolina's ABC system when we set out to rank stores statewide is that each store is the same as the next. Many thanks to @davidwondrich.bsky.social for weighing in on a cocktail guide only found in Scotland County: thefoodsection.com/the-best-rea...
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Said more and more in the post-Spaghetti corpse era.
Want to sound smarter than your friends when chatting about what tonight's Michelin ceremony in Greenville will yield? Today in TFS, @alisoncook.bsky.social shares her one-year-in observations from Houston. thefoodsection.com/its-michelin...
It’s Michelin morning in the American South - The Food Section
Long view from Michelin Guide Texas’ foremost observer
thefoodsection.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Want to sound smarter than your friends when chatting about what tonight's Michelin ceremony in Greenville will yield? Today in TFS, @alisoncook.bsky.social shares her one-year-in observations from Houston. thefoodsection.com/its-michelin...
The Food Section's ABC rankings page is shaping up nicely, with another set of store scores today, along with a look at the state's amaro deficit by @btparsons.bsky.social and an appreciation of Amarula, frequently offered by clerks familiar with just one ama- liqueur. thefoodsection.com/abc/
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Food Section's ABC rankings page is shaping up nicely, with another set of store scores today, along with a look at the state's amaro deficit by @btparsons.bsky.social and an appreciation of Amarula, frequently offered by clerks familiar with just one ama- liqueur. thefoodsection.com/abc/