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91.7 WVXU welcomed food writer Julie Niesen in August 2018. Niesen will delve into local, regional and national food and restaurant trends, news of interest to local diners and food lovers, and the people and personalities in the Greater Cincinnati food scene.Niesen has been covering local food since 2008. Her award-winning blog, wine me, dine me, has been featured in The Washington Post, USA Today, Serious Eats, The Cincinnati Enquirer (and its former weekly, Metromix), WCPO Digital, City Beat, WCPO-TV, Fox19, and many more. She is a longtime resident of Over-the-Rhine, where she lives with her menagerie of pets. When she's not eating food, thinking about food, cooking food or writing about food, she runs a thought leadership program for a technology company in Chicago.

'Wine Me, Dine Me' Author Julie Niesen Joins WVXU

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Julie Niesen

Julie Niesen, who has written the local Wine Me, Dine Me blog for 11 years, will write a new blog called Bits & Bites for WVXU.org starting Wednesday, Aug. 1.

From Kevin Reynolds, WVXU-FM's community relations manager:

"At least twice a month, Julie will delve into local, regional and national food and restaurant trends, news of interest to local diners and food lovers, and the people and personalities in the Greater Cincinnati food scene.

"Bits & Bites will run from the serious (how local bars are fighting sexual assault of its employees and patrons) to the more lighthearted (smaller ice cream shops taking on the big cones in town.) The growth and diversity of the food community presents a wealth of story possibilities, but reviews will be left to others.

"Foodies here and around the world can begin reading Julie Niesen's Bits & Bites blog on wvxu.org beginning August 1."

Niesen also occasionally will be heard on the WVXU-FM/WMUB-FM airwaves.

And yes, she will continue to write Wine Me Dine Me, which she started in 2007.

Editor's note: John Kiesewetter's reporting is independent. This content has not been edited by Cincinnati Public Radio. 

John Kiesewetter, who has covered television and media for more than 35 years, has been working for Cincinnati Public Radio and WVXU-FM since 2015.