Interviews 0 comments on Rethinking Newspaper Travel Stories – Don’t Just Tell, Show

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 […]

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Events, Resources for Writers, Travel Books 0 comments on Travel Reading Group & Online Travel Writing Bootcamp – inspire and energise your writing

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 […]

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A Writer's Life, Personal 4 comments on The Death of the American Newspaper Travel Section

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 […]

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Market Leads 3 comments on Freelance Travel Writers Wanted to cover 15 European Cities for GPS Products

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 […]

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Resources for Writers 0 comments on Three Emails You Should Read Every Day

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 […]

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