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Est. 2013
Jill Moorhead
writer
I'm a journalist based in Columbus, Ohio. I cover politics and civic life, food and the business of feeding people, arts and music, travel, trails and the outdoors. I write features, profiles and cover stories for Columbus Monthly and Ohio Cooperative Living; my work has also appeared in The Kitchn, The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus Alive and Columbus Crave. Open to assignments anywhere a good story is.
Photo: Kelly Barrett
Selected work
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Photo: Jessica Phelps/Columbus Dispatch
Cover story · Columbus Monthly · Oct 2026
Ohio Has Never Elected a Woman Governor—Yet. What Stands in the Way?
Photo: Tim Johnson/Columbus Monthly
Feature · Columbus Monthly · Sept 2026
How the Wood Companies Helped Unleash the Spirit of the Short North
Photo courtesy of ODOT
Feature · Ohio Cooperative Living · Sept 2026
'Flush' with Ideas: Ohio Rethinks the Most Overlooked Part of the Outdoors
2026.08
Black Girl Dad Week Ignites Desire to Make Change
Columbus Monthly
2026.03
Rediscovering the Buckeye Trail in Ohio History Connection's Archives
Columbus Monthly
2026.03
The Musical Inspirations Behind a Former Cardinal Health CEO's Success
Columbus Monthly
2026.02
Columbus Has Great Venues and Musicians. They Need Financial Stability.
Columbus Monthly · 2 parts
2025.03
Explore the History of Ohio's Ancient Moundbuilders at Three Getaway-Worthy Destinations
Columbus Monthly · travel
2025.02
A Weekend in Chicago: Public Art, Shopping Hotspots and Culinary Delights
Columbus Monthly · travel
2024.03
Best Driving Vacations: The Northern Shore of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Columbus Dispatch · travel
2024.08
Breaking the Mold: How Four Women Restaurant Owners Are Thriving in Columbus
Columbus Monthly · food
2019.10
The Pepperoni Kings of Columbus: Ezzo Sausage Co.
1st, food writing · Cleveland Press Club
2015.10
Weed the People: The Money, Influence and Turmoil Behind Issue 3
1st, political reporting · SPJ
Everything, including pickups in Yahoo News, AOL and other Gannett papers, is in the archive.
Beats
Statewide politics and civic life. Food and the people and businesses behind it. Arts and music. Travel, from Ohio's earthworks to Chicago and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Trails and the outdoors.
Outlets
Columbus Monthly, Ohio Cooperative Living, The Columbus Dispatch, The Kitchn, Columbus Alive, Columbus Crave, Ohio University alumni magazine.
Elsewhere
Board member, Buckeye Trail Association. Founder of Big Trek Works, a communications consultancy with its own website.