Kim Severson

Kim Marie Severson (born September 12, 1961) is a reporter for The New York Times. She won a Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2018 as part of The New York Times coverage of sexual harassment and abuse and is a four-time James Beard award–winner for food writing. Severson has published multiple cookbooks and a cooking themed memoir.

Kim Marie Severson
Kim Severson speaks at the 2011 Alaska Press Club conference.
Born (1961-09-12) September 12, 1961
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
OccupationJournalist
Notable creditThe New York Times

Severson wrote for the Anchorage Daily News 1991–1998 as a features writer.[1] She wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle's food section from 1999[2] to 2004.[3] She joined the New York Times in 2004. Severson covered sexual harassment in the restaurant industry for the New York Times;[4] the paper received the 2018 Pulitzer Price for Public Service for coverage on sexual harassment.[5]

Biography

Severson worked for the Anchorage Daily News from 1991 to 1998 as a features writer.[1] Severson wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle's food section around 1999[2]–2005.[3][6] She joined The New York Times in 2004.[7] In 2010, she became the Atlanta bureau chief for the Times.[8][9] In 2014, she joined the Times's new digital cooking initiative and began reporting on national food news and trends.

At present, Severson's New York Times author profile says that Severson reports on national food news and culture, and contributes to NYT Cooking.[7]

Severson's most recent book, Cook Fight, was co-authored with Julia Moskin, a New York Times food writer, and was published by Ecco Press, an imprint of HarperCollins, in 2012. Her memoir, Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life, was published by Riverhead Press on April 15, 2010.[10] A new edition of her first cookbook, The New Alaska Cookbook, came out in June 2009. Her first book, The Trans Fat Solution: Cooking and Shopping to Eliminate the Deadliest Fat from Your Diet, was published by Ten Speed Press in 2003.

Severson served as vice-president of the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association. She has written about the economic and cultural impact of being a lesbian without the benefits of legal marriage.[11][12]

Awards

Severson's James Beard awards are for:

  1. 2000 Winner in Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs. "The Rise and Fall of a Star: How the King of California Cuisine Lost an Empire"[13][14]
  2. 2003 Winner in Newspaper Series: "The Most American of Meals Draws Rookies: The Bay Area’s Worst Cooks Vie for a Chance to Learn with a Pro", "The Challenge Begins: Our Winner Learns to Plan, Shop, and Prep", "Countdown to Thanksgiving: Our Training Camp Recruit Tackles the Turkey"[15]
  3. 2003 Winner: Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes. San Francisco Chronicle. "High Stakes: Bay Area at the Forefront of the Big-Bucks Battle Between Backers of Grass-Fed Beef and Traditional Cattlemen"[15]
  4. 2004 Winner: Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes. San Francisco Chronicle. "A Lot of Cooks in the MRE Kitchen"[16]
  5. 2018 Nominee in Investigative Reporting, New York Times: "Ken Friedman, Power Restaurateur, is Accused of Sexual Harassment"[13][4]

Severson won a Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2018 as part of The New York Times coverage of sexual harassment and abuse in the spheres of Hollywood, politics, the media and restaurants.[4][5] She has won four James Beard awards for food writing.[17][18][19] She also won the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism for her San Francisco Chronicle work, along with fellow reporter Meredith May, on childhood obesity in 2002.[20][21]

Personal

As of 2016, Severson lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and has one child.[22]

Severson affirmed her partnership with Katia Emilia Hetter in 2006.[23]

Bibliography
  • (2003) The Trans Fat Solution: Cooking and Shopping to Eliminate the Deadliest Fat from Your Diet
  • (2009) The New Alaska Cookbook
  • (2010) Spoon Fed: How Eight Cooks Saved My Life
  • (2012) CookFight, with Julia Moskin (ISBN 978-0061988387)

See also

References
  1. Dunham, Mike (April 2, 2011). "Former Anchorage critic examines life through food". Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  2. Severson, Kim; Staggs, Bill (October 13, 1999). "Wonton-Lovers: Get Thee to the Richmond". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  3. "Alameda County DINING". San Francisco Chronicle. January 7, 2005. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  4. Moskin, Julia; Severson, Kim (December 12, 2017). "Ken Friedman, Power Restaurateur, Is Accused of Sexual Harassment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  5. Grynbaum, Michael M. (April 16, 2018). "New York Times and New Yorker Share Pulitzer for Public Service". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  6. Severson, Kim (January 14, 2004). "DIET & DEMOGRAPHICS / EATING AT 50 / At midlife, it's not looks or loot that counts, It's diet". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  7. "Times Topics - Kim Severson". The New York Times.
  8. Alvarez, Alex (July 28, 2010). "New York Times Food Writer Kim Severson To Take Over Atlanta Bureau". AdWeek. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  9. "Kim Severson to Take Over The New York Times Atlanta Bureau". Observer. July 19, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  10. "Spoon Fed". Penguin Group.
  11. "I'm Not Willing to Settle for Crumbs". Newsweek. July 3, 2005.
  12. Severson, Kim (May 18, 2008). "Thinking About California. Maybe Gonna Get Married". The New York Times.
  13. "Awards Search | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  14. Severson, Kim (September 29, 1999). "THE RISE & FALL OF A STAR / How the king of California Cuisine lost an empire". SFGATE. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  15. "Food awards go to Chronicle writers". San Francisco Chronicle. May 4, 2003. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  16. "Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes - 2004 James Beard Awards". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  17. "Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs - 2000 James Beard Awards". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  18. "Newspaper Feature Writing without Recipes - 2003 James Beard Awards". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  19. "Newspaper Series - 2003 James Beard Awards". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  20. "2002 Casey Medals for Distinguished Coverage of Children and Family Issues".
  21. "Obesity Series Honored - Chronicle Food staff also wins 5 awards". San Francisco Chronicle. September 5, 2010.
  22. Malone, Tess (July 1, 2016). "NYT food journalist Kim Severson recalls tracking down Sarah Palin in Alaska". Atlanta Magazine. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  23. "Katia Hetter and Kim Severson". The New York Times. April 23, 2006. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
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