Nichole Aksamit

Nichole Aksamit is the past editor in chief of Allrecipes magazine. She helped launch its first print issues, elevated the brand, and transformed the magazine into an award-winning national food title with nearly 10 million readers.

Nichole has an English and Mass Communications degree and 20+ years experience in professional food and health media. 

Prior to her work as an editor and brand leader at Allrecipes and Dotdash Meredith, she was a news and health reporter, food critic, and restaurant reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and a cookbook editor for branded books by Southern Living and Cooking Light at Time Inc.

She’s also worked as a culinary instructor, an SEO writer, and a telehealth content marketing manager. 

She’s currently the CEO and editor in chief of Scribble & Stir, a freelance writing, editing, marketing, and consulting business.

Throughout her career, Nichole has mentored scores of writers; created, edited, and produced thousands of food and health articles (and tens of thousands of recipes!); and fielded pitches from countless freelance writers, publicists, and brands. 

As the soundbites instructor for Master the Media Training & Certification, Nichole provides her expert feedback on student worksheets on speaking to the media in a way that has them coming back to you again and again––helping you to master the art of the sound bite and create pitches that editors crave. She also provides feedback on freelance article pitches to editorial outlets.