The blood continues to flow among print journalists this week, but that just makes our opportunities to build skill sets even more important. We can react to the change in our medium by throwing our hands up in the air or we can act by setting ourselves up for the next wave of media opportunities. […]
» Read more...Month: October 2008
Interview: Tim Patterson
Working in the online travel writing community means that sometimes you feel like you know people without having ever met them. Such is the case with Tim Patterson. A well known name on the Matador Network, he’s the editor of Matador Trips and a contributing editor at Brave New Traveler. I’ve been following his work […]
» Read more...Rethinking Newspaper Travel Stories – Don’t Just Tell, Show
We read a lot about the death of print these days. For travel journalists like myself the statement is usually followed up with a stiff drink and not-so-fleeting moment of insecurity. Just this past week at the Society of American Travel Writers’ national conference in Houston, Texas, I met travel editors from around the country […]
» Read more...Travel Reading Group & Online Travel Writing Bootcamp – inspire and energise your writing
As a reader and editor, I’ve always had slightly more of a leaning towards travel literature than fact-focused guidebooks. Of course, both genres do have different jobs to fulfil; travel books’ rich, subjective descriptions inspire us to visit far-flung places and then, once you’ve visited and with every subsequent book you read, writers’ differing responses […]
» Read more...2008 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award Winners
For those few who haven’t had a chance to check out the winners of this year’s Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, you can check them out here. For more details on the awards and the winners, check out my latest post on Gadling. Happy writing!
» Read more...The Death of the American Newspaper Travel Section
So, after countless times of hearing a reply from a newspaper travel editor that goes something along the lines of “we are only doing regional stories now†or “are budget has been cut back and I really don’t buy many stories from freelancers these days†I have come to this conclusion: the American newspaper travel […]
» Read more...National Geographic Glimpse Correspondents Wanted
This lead is for all the young journalists out there waiting for their big break. National Geographic Glimpse, a new multimedia platform devoted to exploring real life abroad, is looking for young talented storytellers who will be living abroad in Spring 2009 to join its Correspondents Program. This is an excellent way to break into […]
» Read more...Freelance Travel Writers Wanted to cover 15 European Cities for GPS Products
We’ve spotted an interesting opportunity for writers who’ve a serious passion for the most popular European metropoleis. Travel Channel Media need writers to cover cities including Madrid and Barcelona, London and Dublin, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt, Venice, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Paris, Amsterdam, Zurich and Prague. Writers will need to produce 120 travel-related points of interest for […]
» Read more...Three Emails You Should Read Every Day
It’s a short post today – I’m finishing the final touches on some presentations I’ll be giving at the Society of American Travel Writers’ annual conference in Houston, Texas, and I didn’t want to shortchange my interview with interactive journalist Tyson Anderson (check back soon for that one—he’s got some great insights on infographics, pitching […]
» Read more...City bloggers/editors wanted for blog network and guidebooks
I don’t have any statistics to back up this statement, but from personal experience and gauging from what I have seen and read over the last year, blogs have definitely become the way to search for travel info. Even big guidebook series like Frommer’s and Lonely Planet have expanded their online versions to satisfy the […]
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