Today In The Class & Culture Wars: “Writing off San Francisco”

Alissa Quart / Columbia Journalism Review:

A look at the “journalism of privilege” in real estate and food, which can at times replace reporting on ordinary people's experiences of essential human needs  —  Celebrity-owned $25,000 glass-door fridges; hotel owners “writing off San Francisco” as the market drops …

@evictionlab:   “Real estate is not just large owners and developers... It's also refinancing, foreclosures, modest homeowners, anyone who has a home or wants a home.” By @lisquart. Via @cjr https://www.cjr.org/...

@econhardship:   When real estate journalists cite “experts,” they're quoting property investors—not renters or working class homeowners. There's a reason why that's the norm, and in @CJR, EHRP's @lisquart describes what this reporting can (and should) look like instead https://www.cjr.org/...

Hollis Robbins / @anecdotal:   Terrific by @lisquart. Worldwide more affordable ethnic dining coverage needed, imagine @TCEDG with interviews with food service workers (go where they're happy!) https://www.cjr.org/...

@quiteuninterest:   “Journalism of privilege” refers to food and real estate journalism typically written for wealthy people. In other words, the New York Times' “Style” section. https://www.cjr.org/...

@civileats:   Thanks for talking with Managing Editor @MattWheeland, @lisquart @CJR. Civil Eats runs “pieces of the conversation that are not happening in bigger well-funded publications.” https://www.cjr.org/...

Steve Cimino / @stevecimino:   “There remains a sharp line between the mildly increased coverage of ethnic eats in the mainstream media and stories that include the restaurant workers who make the food.”

Amanda Michelle Gomez / @amanduhgomez:   “We can cover the joyous and quotidian stuff of life, telling stories that truly engage, while at the same time recognizing pleasure's underbelly.” Grateful for @LauraHayesDC, who modeled this when she was a food reporter at City Paper. https://www.cjr.org/...

@cjr:   What's left out are not only stories about housing insecurity but also affordable housing in general. “Real estate is not just large owners and developers,” says Axel-Lute. “It's also refinancing, foreclosures, modest homeowners” https://www.cjr.org/...

Miriam Axel-Lute / @miriam_mjoy:   My proposal that @nytimes alternate their “They have $$$$, what penthouse do they choose” series with a “they have a voucher, what's the least shitty landlord who will rent to them” series didn't make it in here, alas, but it's still a good piece. https://www.cjr.org/...

Meagan Day / @meagankday:   What if real estate reporting was actually reporting on the complicated and important issue of real estate, which is enormously consequential for everyone, instead of just gawking at luxury listings? By @lisquart https://www.cjr.org/...

@cjr:   “When you look at the way that real estate news is cast in mainstream papers, it's as if it's for investors,” says Miriam Axel-Lute who runs a nonprofit devoted to media about community development and housing, Shelterforce https://www.cjr.org/...