Market Leads

Job Lead: Go Copy Editor

Date: January 6th, 2009 |

Job in travel print media have been hard to come by as of late, though I just caught this one. Go Magazine, the inflight mag of Air Tran, is looking for a Copy Editor for their DUMBO Brooklyn, NY office.
Qualifications:
-Two years of experience proofreading, editing and fact-checking
-Bachelor’s degree
-Quick learner, extremely detail-oriented, and able to [read more]

World Nomads Travel Scholarships: Launch Your Travel Writing Career

Date: December 29th, 2008 |

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Found this lead on Twitter and wanted to pass it along.

Do you want to be a published travel writer?
Go on assignment to Kerala with Footprint Travel Guides!
Applications close: January 9, 2009
Kick start your travel writing career by going on assignment to Kerala, India. You will enjoy a 10 day tour with The Blue Yonder, offering [read more]

STA is looking for World Traveler Interns

Date: December 16th, 2008 |

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This market lead isn’t specifically about travel writing, but it is an excellent opportunity if you’re looking for a free way to explore the world and start working on that Moleskine full of notes from around the globe for future tales.
STA Travel is currently accepting applications for its World Traveler Intern program. The program sends [read more]

Travel Writers Wanted for Examiner.com

Date: December 3rd, 2008 |

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Have something to say but feel like you don’t have an outlet? Then Examiner.com might be just the thing for you. Examiner is an online community made up of a network of experts and insiders around the country writing on what they’re passionate about, meaning that as long as you love what you’re writing about, [read more]

Six Essential Multimedia Blogs

Date: November 20th, 2008 |

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Part three of how to create video without losing your shirt is coming next week. This week I’m passing along a few blogs I would recommend adding to your RSS reader. Of course this is only a partial list, so if you have any another other suggestions please, feel free to comment.
10,000 Words
10,000 Words [read more]

Three Small Questions This New Year

Date: January 2nd, 2009 |

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Happy New Year all! Here at Written Road we may be separated by oceans, mountains and a few thousand miles, but our goals are the same: to become better writers, editors and tell the wonderful stories associated with travel. So as 2008 comes to a close and 2009 begins, I wanted to ask three small [read more]

Writers Wanted for Vagablogging

Date: December 18th, 2008 |

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Vagablogging is travel writer Rolf Potts’ daily weblog, the name stemming from his popular book Vagabonding. But with all his popularity, Rolf is a busy man, so there is a team of travel writers and bloggers that keep Vagablogging going. They’re currently looking for two dedicated travel enthusiasts to join the team.
Writers will be [read more]

World Hum 3.0 Launches

Date: December 15th, 2008 |

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If anyone has yet to notice, World Hum, released their new design today. With so many travel magazines kicking the bucket over the past few months, it is nice to see at least one publication that is growing. I didn’t mind and kind of liked their layout before, though I think the new design is [read more]

Be part of the Make Travel Fair community

Date: November 25th, 2008 |

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Travel has come to be associated with important global questions that deal with social issues, environment, and culture. One site, Make Travel Fair, is focused on engaging the travel community on just those issues, challenging users to truly interact with the world.
The site is currently looking for contributing writers, and although the position is [read more]

Online Travel Content - movers and shakers get together

Date: November 20th, 2008 |

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It’s certainly been a busy couple of weeks for the online travel community, with bloggers, developers, start ups and long-established travel companies chewing the cud together on the future of travel.
Last week, for example, the UK’s blogging community prised their fingers from their laptops for a get together, for the very first time, as [read more]