The Freelance Journalism Podcast
Sep 29, 2026 · 48 min · 10 segments
Experienced food journalist Jesse Hirsch is the only editor at Offrange–an editorially independent publication owned by Ambrook–so he is always open to…
Jesse HirschGuest
Erika HayasakiHost
Katherine Reynolds-LewisHost
And this is just a side question, but all the stuff with the lettuce and things, are you also covering all the big news around things like that, like recalls and lettuce? Or is that like you're looking more for the kind of untold news?
I mean, there have been there are stories that kind of like break out of the silo of agriculture reporting that people hear about.
So there are some stories, though, that I feel like break out of containment and make it into major news outlets.
And, you know, like also people who are kind of uncovering the ties between how we've gutted our safety net, our federal safety net.
And the truth is that, like, if there weren't other outlets doing it, we would probably dive in.
But because, I mean, we're putting out three stories a week and, you know, sometimes a podcast and a print publication.
And I feel like telling the same story that you're going to be able to get from other places maybe isn't that wise.
You know, like we did one on the bird flu, which was making headlines for a while.
that was just about a novel way to scare off wild birds who may be carrying bird flu, which was the lasers, like not actually shooting them, but like scaring them off by shooting lasers, like, um, flashing lasers around the sky was a good bird deterrent and, and poultry farmers were finding that it was a good way to kind of keep their flocks safe.
And this is just a side question, but all the stuff with the lettuce and things, are you also covering all the big news around things like that, like recalls and lettuce? Or is that like you're looking more for the kind of untold news?
I mean, there have been there are stories that kind of like break out of the silo of agriculture reporting that people hear about.
So there are some stories, though, that I feel like break out of containment and make it into major news outlets.
And, you know, like also people who are kind of uncovering the ties between how we've gutted our safety net, our federal safety net.
And the truth is that, like, if there weren't other outlets doing it, we would probably dive in.
But because, I mean, we're putting out three stories a week and, you know, sometimes a podcast and a print publication.
And I feel like telling the same story that you're going to be able to get from other places maybe isn't that wise.
You know, like we did one on the bird flu, which was making headlines for a while.
that was just about a novel way to scare off wild birds who may be carrying bird flu, which was the lasers, like not actually shooting them, but like scaring them off by shooting lasers, like, um, flashing lasers around the sky was a good bird deterrent and, and poultry farmers were finding that it was a good way to kind of keep their flocks safe.
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