NUTRITION, OPPORTUNITIES & MEDIA
A FOOD FORUM
Join us for a conversation with Jamila Robinson, the editor in chief of Bon Appétit, as she shows us how food and drink shape the society we live in. She will discuss how food has served as a north star for both understanding and representing society and the human experience.
Following, Robinson will join the Detroit Free Press's award-winning restaurant critic Lyndsay C. Green for conversation and q&a.
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
NEAL SHINE
ETHICS LECTURE FALL 2026
JAMILA
ROBINSON
JOIN US FOR OUR FINAL COURSE:
NEAL SHINE ETHICS LECTURE
HOW FOOD & DRINK SHAPE SOCIETY
LYDNSAY C. GREEN
RESTAURANT CRITIC
DETROIT FREE PRESS
Jamila Robinson is the Editor-in-Chief of Bon Appétit and Epicurious. Robinson has twenty years of journalism experience with national news outlets including Gannett/USA Today Network, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Detroit Free Press.
In her most recent role at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Robinson led a team of reporters and expanded the publication's food coverage by creating audience-focused content strategies, growing their newsletter program, and revamping the print strategy. She also edited The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Emmy-winning “Wildest Dreams: An Anthology of Black Inheritance,” a multi-part series told through reporting, essays, poetry and video.
Prior to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Robinson served as editorial director at Atlantic Media where she developed strategic editorial, brand and experiential content for clients of the creative consulting division of
The Atlantic.
Lyndsay C. Green is the dining and restaurant critic at the Detroit Free Press, where she reviews Detroit-area restaurants and shines a light on local food businesses. In 2023, Green was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in the criticism category, and a James Beard Award-winner for Emerging Voice in Journalism. Her essay, “Accidentally Anonymous” is featured in the 2023 “Best American Food Writing” anthology series, published by Mariner Books, a Harper Collins imprint. In 2024, she was a nominee for a James Beard Award in the Jonathan Gold Local Voice category, and in 2025, she won the award in the Foodways category, making her a two-time James Beard Award-winner. Outside of the newsroom, Green is the Midwest USA Academy Chair for North America’s 50 Best Restaurants, a backyard farmer and an advocate for urban farming and food sovereignty.