With Ravenous, we’re building a place where we can cover the world of restaurants, food, culture and labor with the sort of depth, edge, curiosity, and care that are increasingly disappearing from food media.
This isn’t just about what kind of work we hope to make. It’s how we want to make it. We are a worker-owned co-op. We believe the best way forward for media and journalism is without generative AI, without VC money, and without corporate overlords more concerned about posting endless profits than about the actual writing that is supposedly their “product.” Many of us are former union shop stewards and organizers who have seen firsthand what worker power and solidarity can accomplish. And we are inspired by the growing worker-owned movement in media that is giving legacy publications a run for their money.
That ethos informs what we cover and how we cover it. As worker owners, our obligations are to ourselves, to our ethics, and to our subscribers. And with your subscriptions, we hope to build a site focused on equity and stability that can afford to pay everyone involved — writers, editors, artists, fact-checkers — fairly. We strive to be transparent about our business financials and strategies.
Ravenous is a home for food writing and reporting you actually want to read, driven by expertise, honesty, and passion. For too long, food media has felt toothless. If you like what you hear, subscribe today or give us a donation, and help us put the bite back.
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Acknowledgments
Ravenous wouldn't be possible without the efforts of Lille Allen, Hillary Dixler Canavan, E Jamar, Dennis Kardys, Rebecca Marx, Jess Mayhugh, Meghan McCarron, Jesse Sparks, Ryan Sutton, Catherine Sweet, By Hart Studio, Lawyers For Reporters, and insight from fellow worker co-ops The 51st, Coyote, Defector, Hearing Things, Mothership, and Rogue.
BFFs
- Linda Claxton
- Philip Dunn
- Jodi Fyfe
- Beth Johnson
- Carey Jones
- Lo McGrath
- James McKenna
- Katrina Prockovic
- Ranjeet Saxena
- Anupama Selvam
Ravenous is dedicated to the memory of Arav Selvam, who will forever be part of our stories.