J.B. MacKinnon

James Bernard MacKinnon, commonly cited as J.B. MacKinnon, is a Canadian journalist, contributing editor, and author. He is best known for co-authoring "The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating" with Alisa Smith, a book that encouraged readers to focus on local eating to address environmental and economic issues. MacKinnon and Smith also collaborated on "The 100 Mile Challenge" television series. His journalism has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, National Geographic, and The Atlantic. MacKinnon is also an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of British Columbia. He has been involved in class-action lawsuits against tech giants for alleged copyright infringement in AI training.