The Counter

Founded in 2015, The Counter is food media’s leading nonprofit newsroom, named by the Online News Association as one of the best small newsrooms in the United States. Our stories win awards from entities like The James Beard Foundation, The Association for Food Journalists, and The New York Press Club, have been featured in Best American Food Writing, and generate both network news segments and proposed legislation on Capitol Hill.

We have one of the most interesting, dynamic, fraught, fast-changing, and delicious beats on the planet. The work is fascinating. The perks are tasty. And while we’re fiercely dedicated to covering the ever-evolving food system (by “food system” we mean pretty much everything from the farm to the fork), we’re even more dedicated to thoughtful, unbiased reporting that challenges our readers’ perceptions of the dichotomies we take for granted: big vs. small, local vs. global, urban vs. rural, fresh vs. frozen. (We definitely don’t always agree with each other, but enjoy the spirited debate.) This is a chance to join a tightly knit, collaborative team fully dedicated to shaping a beat we love, working each day to change food media for better.