LARC's Food Journalism Summit

Thursday, July 9, 2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm PDT
Los Angeles, CA
Free
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What's Cooking In LA? LARC Summit: Food Stories Los Angeles Reporting Collective invites you to join us for a day-long summit on food reporting & storytelling! We’re bringing together journalists, creators and curious Angelenos from across the region to explore how food stories reveal the people, systems and cultures shaping everyday life. This summit will include a pitch workshop, one-on-one interviews with the most interesting people in food, and big picture discussions about how journalists and creators

What's Cooking In LA? LARC Summit: Food Stories

Los Angeles Reporting Collective invites you to join us for a day-long summit on food reporting & storytelling! We’re bringing together journalists, creators and curious Angelenos from across the region to explore how food stories reveal the people, systems and cultures shaping everyday life.

This summit will include a pitch workshop, one-on-one interviews with the most interesting people in food, and big picture discussions about how journalists and creators talk about food in 2026.

And, of course, there's food! (BREAKFAST & LUNCH *included!* with your ticket)

Speakers include:

Laurie Ochoa, LA Times; Robert J. Lopez, CCNMA; Javier Cabral, LA Taco; Mona Holmes, Eater LA; Frank Shyong, Lunch Box; Erick Galindo, LA Local; Antonio Diaz, Life & Thyme; Tien Nguyen, Synonym Mag; Fernando Hurtado, In The Hyphen

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