Danny Klein is the VP Editorial Director of WTWH Media's Food, Retail, & Hospitality brands, including QSR and FSR magazines, CStore Decisions, PMQ, and Club + Resort. He began his hospitality media career in 2015 with QSR and FSR, two of the restaurant industry’s leading trade publications. In 2023, he helped found and launch two of the restaurant space’s premier events—the QSR Evolution Conference and NextGen Restaurant Summit, where he serves as the organizer. Danny also created QSR and FSR’s Women in Restaurant Leadership platform and develops the WiRL Together Summit each year in February.
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September 15, 2026
How Framing Shapes What You Believe
In this episode, we sit down with Danny Klein, VP Editorial Director of WTWH Media’s Food, Retail & Hospitality brands - the names behind QSR, FSR, CStore Decisions, PMQ, and Club + Resort magazines.
Danny has spent a decade shaping how some of the most influential trade stories in the restaurant and hospitality industry get told. Today, we’re talking about framing - the editorial decisions that determine not just what gets covered, but how it lands, and what gets left out. It’s a conversation about craft, accountability, and what it really means to present information fairly in a fast-moving trade media environment.
