Education
The University of Texas at Austin
B.A., Journalism
1989Cambridge School of Culinary Arts
Associates Culinary Arts/Chef Training
2000Podcasts
35:48322: What It’s Like Being Food & Dining Editor of The Washington Post w/ Joe Yonan, The Washington Post [Main T4C episode]
Joe Yonan is the Food and Dining editor of The Washington Post, supervising all food coverage in the features department. He writes The Post’s Weeknight Vegetarian column and for five years wrote the Cooking for One column, both of which have won honors from the Association of Food Journalists. He..
Career Path
Interview Highlights
“Follow your gut. If it feels right, if you’re enjoying it, do it. You’re gonna know when it feels wrong. And continue following those impulses.”
Best Career Advice
“Do what makes you happy and it doesn’t feel like work. Do something that you’re really passionate about, that you just love the subject matter or the activity.”
Career Challenge
“At The Globe I was doing well … but it wasn’t what I wanted to keep doing … I was stuck for too long on the night copy desk … and I was having a hard time getting noticed … I didn’t let up for years. I devoted all my spare times to writing food stories … Ultimately, I spent a couple of years trying to make myself indispensable at the post and then threatening to leave unless they gave me what I wanted.”
Skills
Newspapers, AP Style, Feature Articles
