Kate Shatzkin is food editor of The Sun and, before that, was its family beat reporter. But her most challenging and rewarding job is being mother to Leah, 7, and Sam, 5.

In her 14 years at The Sun, Kate also has covered nonprofit organizations, prisons and courts, and has written several investigative series. She was previously a Knight journalism fellow at Yale Law School and a reporter at the Seattle Times and at the Patriot-Ledger of Quincy, Mass. She lives in Homeland with her family.