Brooke Jackson-Glidden is a food writer and the editor of ''

Eater Portland ''Eater'' is a food website by Vox Media. It was co-founded by Lockhart Steele and Ben Leventhal in 2005, and originally focused on dining and nightlife in New York City. Eater launched a national site in 2009, and covered nearly 20 cities by ...

''. In 2023, she received the Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award from the

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in part for her essay about

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Career

Jackson-Glidden has been the editor of ''Eater Portland'' since 2018. Previously, she was an intern at ''Boston'' magazine in 2015 and 2016. She has also written about the food industry for the ''

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'' (Salem, Oregon).

Personal life

Jackson-Glidden was raised in Oregon. She lives in

North Portland North Portland is one of the six sextants of Portland, Oregon. North Portland is a diverse mixture of residential, commercial, and industrial areas. It includes the Portland International Raceway, the University of Portland, and massive cargo faci ...

, as of 2022. Jackson-Glidden was an emcee during Drag-a-thon, a record-setting

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, in 2023.

References

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