Missy Frederick
Cities Director
Missy Frederick is the Cities Director for Eater, overseeing a department of 23 city sites across the country. She has been with the company since 2012, previously working as a Cities Manager and focusing on Washington restaurants as the editor of Eater DC. Her previous employers include The Washington Business Journal (covering the hospitality business), The Washington Examiner, Space News, CD Publications, and The Southampton Press. She is a graduate of the Poynter Leadership Academy for Women (2023). She has also spent 20 years as a professional theater critic for publications such as the Washington Post, DCist.com, and more; her work in arts journalism earned her a fellowship with the National Endowment of the Arts in 2008. She believes fried pickles should be chips (not spears), that martinis should actually have vermouth in them, and that pierogi should appear standard on bar menus in places outside of Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
