Arkansas-based freelance journalist. James Beard Award finalist. Johns Hopkins 2025 Food Systems and Public Health Fellow. Words in WaPo, Garden & Gun, VQR, Arkansas Advocate, others. Spanish, Urdu. Trying not to tump. jordanphickey.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jordanphickey.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jordanphickey.bsky.social/post/3lolwa7gfhk2uSome exciting personal news: Looks like the @longreads.com piece that I wrote about Amanda Arafat and her family was named a #JamesBeard finalist in profile writing this morning. Thrilled and humbled because that's some pretty impressive company to be in — but especially glad that this very 1/307 May 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:fohnplpgtymf23chuuyi7t67/app.bsky.feed.post/3lolwa7gfhk2u