Elina Shatkin

Elina Shatkin

KCRW Producer

KCRW Staff/Producer

Elina Shatkin is a journalist, writer and podcast producer. Before joining KCRW as a producer for Good Food, she was the Food Editor at LAist/KPCC. Prior to that, she was the Arts and Culture Editor at Los Angeles magazine, a restaurant critic for LA Weekly and a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Her writing has appeared in California Sunday, The Believer, Bitch, HiLobrow and Palm Springs Life, among other publications. You can find her restaurant reviews in Westways.

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