This piece brings to mind the questions I often ask myself as a food writer who stays away from Twitter. I can only digest so much at a time, and staying up-to-date on the goings-on in the food writing world seems, quite frankly, daunting and tiring. It is indeed time- and labor-intensive to find stories that are unique and compelling, and for whatever I miss out on by not participating in the larger food writing space, I think I make up for in the mental real estate (or mental peace) to create work that's meaningful.
But on the flip side, social media enables us to more easily find those people whose work dives deeper, and we can follow them directly!
This piece brings to mind the questions I often ask myself as a food writer who stays away from Twitter. I can only digest so much at a time, and staying up-to-date on the goings-on in the food writing world seems, quite frankly, daunting and tiring. It is indeed time- and labor-intensive to find stories that are unique and compelling, and for whatever I miss out on by not participating in the larger food writing space, I think I make up for in the mental real estate (or mental peace) to create work that's meaningful.
But on the flip side, social media enables us to more easily find those people whose work dives deeper, and we can follow them directly!