About this Event
How the media reports on food systems is changing.
Join us at and hear from a panel of journalists who are going beyond the polarizing framing of ‘food fight’ coverage to report on the shift to plant-forward diets, what’s working and what barriers stand in the way.
This event is hosted in Breakout Room 3, it is a free event but registration is required to recieve your pass.
Speakers:
, Climate and Environmental Reporter.
, Staff Writer at Grist.
, Editor-in-Chief at Sentient.
Moderated by:
, founder of Floodlight News.
This event is part of Food Day at Climate Week NYC, hosted by Tilt Collective (formerly known as PlantWorks), Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and Bezos Earth Fund, on Tuesday September 24 at Pier Sixty, New York.
Meet the speakers:
Whitney Bauk
Whitney Bauck is an award-winning journalist reporting on climate and the environment with a focus on solutions. She is a contributing writer on food systems and agriculture for the Guardian and is the print editor at the climate and culture magazine Atmos. She has also reported for the New York Times, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, the Washington Post, Grist, New York Magazine, MIT Tech Review and more, and was previously a fellow at the Solutions Journalism Network and the Metcalf Institute. Keep up with her work at https://whitneybauck.substack.com/ or on social media @unwrinkling.
Frida Garza
Frida Garza is a staff writer at Grist covering food and agriculture. Previously, she was an editor at the Guardian US and a senior staff writer at Jezebel.
Jenny Splitter
Jenny Splitter is the Editor-in-Chief of Sentient and an award-winning climate and food journalist with bylines in The Guardian, Vox, The Washington Post, Popular Mechanics and others. Find Jenny on X @jennysplitter
Emily Holden, moderator
Emily Holden founded Floodlight in 2021, after more than a decade as an environment reporter in Washington, D.C. She reported for the Guardian, Politico, E&E News and CQ Roll Call. Her work has also been published in The Arizona Republic, the Baton Rouge Advocate, the Houston Chronicle and Gannett newspapers. She is a winner of the 2022 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award. Emily covered the White House, federal agencies, Congress, the courts and electricity regulation through the Obama and Trump administrations. She grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. You can find Emily on X: @emilyhholden
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Pier Sixty, 60 Chelsea Piers, New York, United States
USD 0.00
