Reporting, blog writing, and literary work
Storytelling with purpose and impact
Pete Dulin reports on food and beverage, arts and culture, entrepreneurship, and business. A polished writer with years of experience, he has written hundreds of stories that inform, engage, and connect readers to local businesses, nonprofits, causes, and resources in their community.
His writing has been published in KC Studio, AFAR, Feast, KCUR, Startland News, KC Options, Kansas City Magazine, Zócalo Public Square, The New Territory, The Kansas City Star, Crafted For All, Hop Culture, The Boston Globe, and other regional and national media outlets.
Pete’s blog posts about entrepreneurship deliver purpose-driven content for brands at the UMKC Innovation Center. These stories shed light on innovators and resources, introduce small business owners and startup founders, reflect business growth, and examine how the application of technology and science can impact lives.
Active in the literary and publishing community, he is a board member, guest editor, and advisor with The New Territory and the former founder and editor of Present Magazine.
Business, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development Blog Writing and Reporting
- Getting Unstuck: Nebraska Entrepreneurship Dashboard Supports Economic Growth at City, County, and State Level – SourceLink (workforce development)
- Inspiration First, How Square One Small Business Supports Entrepreneurs – KCSourceLink
- How The Toolbox Serves Small Business Owners and Strengthens Community – KCSourceLink
- How Farmers Markets Can Launch and Validate a Food Startup Business – KCSourceLink
- StratFit secures patent, flexes plans for explosive growth with platform built in Google Workspace – Startland
- Hollywood Animation Academy secures home at Centriq – Startland
- Kansas City-made fitness apps flex tactics to monetize training’s trend toward tech – Startland
Technology, Digital Healthcare and Research Writing and Reporting
- Digital Sandbox KC Forms Tech Partnership – Technology Venture Studio
- Tech Venture Studio Associate Director Jeff Zhao Sees Upside in Kansas City’s Startup Culture – Technology Venture Studio
- Here’s how three UMKC student teams are prepping for the RooLink Digital Healthcare Sprint – Startland News
- Innovator Spotlight: UMKC School of Medicine Students Form RooLink as Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Incubator – UMKC Innovation Center
- Innovator Spotlight: Improving Musicianship in Practice and Through Research – UMKC Innovation Center
- Innovator Profile: Dr. Erin Bumann’s Dental Research Detects Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences – UMKC Innovation Center
Food and Beverage Writing and Reporting
- Returning the flavor: Fast food startup flexes plan to bring Korean-American tastes to rural Missouri – Startland
- For Ferran Adrià, a Day Spent Foraging in Kansas City – Feast
- Portfolio: Food writing for Kansas City Magazine
- Portfolio: Feast food and drink reporting
- Portfolio: Martin City Telegraph food reporting
- Flatland – Tap List – Craft Beer Reporting in Kansas City
- These 8 Dishes Offer a Taste of Thailand’s Diverse Cuisine and Culture – Feast
- A Barbecue-and-Brewery Tour of Kansas City – AFAR
- Hungry for pizza in Kansas City? Here’s a guide to the city’s many shops and styles – KCUR
- What Is a Foeder? And How to Even Say This Word – Hop Culture
- Hop Culture’s Guide to Barrel-Aging Stout, Barleywine, and More
- Friends and colleagues remember Kansas City brewer Rodney Beagle – Feast
- Kansas City Breweries Join Black is Beautiful Initiative – Feast
- You, Too, Can Harvest Grapes for Local Wineries – The Kansas City Star
Arts Writing and Reporting
- River Revival: An Arkansas Poet Channels Water Stories into a Greater Good – Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA)
- Tuning In: Old-Time Radio Reenactment Connects Veterans in Edmond, Oklahoma – Mid-America Arts Alliance (M-AAA)
- Portfolio at KC Studio
- Honors: JT Daniels – KC Studio
- Review: “Angeline Rivas, I Had a Dark Night of the Soul and All I Got Was This Lousy T‑Shirt”– KC Studio
- Artists in Charge: Artist-run studios in Kansas City – KC Studio
- Review: “One Bedroom Apartment,” Gallery Bogart – KC Studio
- “In Memoriam: Zigmunds Priede (1935-2024)” – KC Studio
- Explore Kansas City’s iconic Art Deco architecture with this self-guided tour – KCUR
Essays – Literary Writing
- Literary Landscapes: Miriam Davis Colt, Vegetarian Settlement Company – The New Territory
- When Kansas Was America’s Napa Valley – Written for the series What It Means to Be American, a project by The Smithsonian and Arizona State University in conjunction with Zócalo Public Square.
- Roots Revival: Vine Street Brewing near 18th and Vine District – Crafted For All
- F-Mart Mural Provides Beacon for Asian Community in Lawrence – Essay commissioned by the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission.
Lifestyle Writing
- Touchdown in Kansas City – KC Options – Supported by family, former Chiefs player Danan Hughes scored big in KC.
- Home to Champions – KC Options – A vibrant sports culture shapes the KC region and nurtures a community of champions.