Bill McDowell oversees content strategy and operations for Meatingplace, CarneTec, Plate and HOTELS. As a reporter, writer and editor, he’s spent his entire career covering different segments of the food and hospitality industries and understands how important it is to connect with your audience. “Our editors want to be an essential part of each reader’s day,” he says. “We spend a lot of time and energy engaging and listening to our audience to understand the kind of information and questions that are truly important to them.”