As Calvin Trillin says, food writing is never about the food. New York Table is about the place where food and everything else intersect, across the five boroughs. Follow us on Twitter @NYTable. Here’s the staff, M.S. students at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cassandra Basler covers the collision of food and culture in Brooklyn for nytable.com. She stumbled into food journalism while researching iconic eateries for the first Detroit guidebook to be published in 30 years, “Belle Isle to 8 Mile” (2012). She spent two years at Detroit’s National Public Radio affiliate, where she did her first shoe leather reporting for Mapping the Basics, a digital inventory of grocery stores in Detroit neighborhoods. Now she’s focusing on radio at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Follow her on twitter @cassbasler or email her at cab2266@columbia.edu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mayah Collins is a multimedia journalist and M.S. candidate at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is from Rocky Mount, North Carolina and holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Meredith College. Before moving to New York, she worked at The Daily Southerner, a newspaper company, in Tarboro, North Carolina as a general assignment reporter. Follow her on Twitter at @MayahCollins or email her at msc2199.columbia.edu for food stories in her beat area—Bronx.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bernd Fischer is an aspiring lifestyle reporter from South Africa working toward his degree at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is covering the Staten Island beat for NYTable. Follow him on twitter at @Bernd_Fischer or email him at b.fischer@columbia.edu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alistair grew up in the West Country of England before studying film and literature at the University of Warwick. It was here that he had his first foray into journalism, becoming a regular contributor to the university’s newspaper and a seasoned producer at the student union’s radio station. Alistair is currently enrolled at Columbia University’s Journalism School. Outside of food, his areas of interest as a reporter include business and finance, education, and arts/culture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Born in Brooklyn and raised in multiple boroughs around the city, Devon Henry is an M.S. candidate at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He holds a B.A. in political science from City College of New York and is an aspiring print journalist. Devon has been able to use the experiences he’s had in the city to write a variety of stories on immigration, accessibility, housing music and now food. He is a classically trained baritone and loves to drink freshly blended juices. Follow him on twitter @thedevonshow or email him at henry.devon@columbia.edu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grace Lee has lived in Chicago, Ann Arbor, Pohang, Winnipeg, Paris and Vancouver, and is now an M.S. student at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Her B.A. in international relations and her love for different cultures brought her to food journalism. She has been a production assistant at CTV Morning Live in Vancouver, where she wrote segments for guest chefs and ate leftovers from the show. The borough she’s covering for nytable.com is Manhattan. Follow her on Twitter at @graceehlee or email her at el2752@columbia.edu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clemence Michallon is a digital journalist from Paris, France. She has travelled extensively all across the United States and spent a year in London before entering Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In the past she has written about competing falafel restaurants in the historic Jewish neighborhood of Paris and the state of food in French prisons. She covers the Staten Island beat for NYTable. Follow her on Twitter at @Clemence_Mcl or email her at cm3364@columbia.edu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sophia Morris is an M.S student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Originally from Sydney, Australia, she studied social science and Italian at the University of Technology, Sydney. The Italian helped her eat her weight in pizza, pasta and gelato when she spent a year abroad in Bologna, Italy. She loves trying new foods, and is interested in the intersection of food and social issues. You can email her at ssm2195@columbia.edu and follow her on Twitter @s0phiamorris.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jordan Muto is an aspiring lifestyle journalist with a passion for all things related to food, travel and fashion. Her parents rarely cooked, and staying home for dinner on weekends was hardly an option, so her passion for food started at an early age. Having lived in San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and New York City, she is always on the hunt to try the next restaurant. Follow her on Instagram @chicfindings and email her at jam2370@columbia.edu.