Food Writer

The Virginian-Pilot/Daily Press -- an award-winning, multi-platform news operation with a growing audience -- seeks an energetic storyteller who is adept at producing engaging, creative content, from narrative pieces to quick turnarounds, about food, the people who make and serve it and those who enjoy it. Our coverage area, which includes southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina, is rural, suburban and urban. It is trendy with craft breweries and mom-and-pop restaurants, yet proud of its hundreds-year old ways of cooking, farming and fishing. The region’s foodways are influenced by its Indigenous, African and English roots and the bordering Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. Lots of possibilities. The writer also needs to be nimble and handle daily news items, food and trends that readers should know about and the ins-and-outs of the restaurant business.