Features editor & long-form journalist, Paris / London
Twelve years reporting and editing long-form features on food, labor, and the economics of taste. Currently features editor at Table & Ledger, a bimonthly with 140,000 readers, where I commission 30 features a year and edit a stable of 25 freelancers. My own reporting has taken me to saffron farms in Kashmir, tuna auctions in Busan, and a courtroom in Marseille for a 14-month olive oil fraud trial.
I edit for argument first, sentence second. Pieces I commissioned have won two James Beard nominations and a Prix Albert Londres shortlist. Before editing, I filed 200+ stories as a staff writer and stringer across three countries, in French and English.
Commission and edit 30 features a year, 3,000 to 9,000 words. Rebuilt the fact-checking bench from 1 to 4 checkers. Reader completion rate on features rose from 38% to 55% over two years.
Filed 90 features and columns. A 3-part series on cross-border tomato labor was cited in a European Parliament hearing (2020).
Stringer for English and French outlets; 110 published pieces on food markets and trade.
"The Last Auction in Busan," Table & Ledger, 2024. James Beard nomination, feature reporting.
"Liquid Gold, Forged," The Continental Review, 2023. Prix Albert Londres shortlist.
"Who Picks the San Marzano?", La Table Ouverte, 2020. 3-part series.
"Rogers edits the way good chefs taste: early, often, and without mercy." A FREELANCER I STILL COMMISSION
M.A. Journalism, Sciences Po, Paris, 2014.
B.A. Comparative Literature, Université Lyon 2, 2012.
French (native) · English (native-level) · Korean (conversational) · Turkish (basic).
Juror, Young Food Writers Prize, 2023 to 2025.
Visiting lecturer, feature writing, City St George's, 2024.