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Amy Rosen on Muck Rack

Amy Rosen

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(She/Her)
Covers:  Food, travel, restaurants, opinion pieces, trends, humour
Food & Travel Writer, Cookbook Author, Founder @rosensbuns. My first novel, "Off Menu", launches June 17, 2025

Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing movie blurbs for a TV Guide book.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes!

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Murphy Brown

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To engage, amuse and sometimes enrage.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Via email.

Who do you wish followed you?

Ethan Hawke.

Why did you become a journalist?

I'm a storyteller by nature and a writer at heart.

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Arts and culture reporter.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

Laying the groundwork and being the first eater for enRoute magazine's best new restaurants in Canada annual feature. Still going strong!

When's the best time to pitch you?

Anytime.

What's the best pitch you ever got?

Would you like to go to Japan?

What's your favorite drink?

Tie: Old Fashioned or Diet Coke.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Going for a coffee walk in a park.

Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?

New Yorker

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

That food and travel writing is fluff.

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