Resources for Writers

Travel Writing and Editorial - one print editor’s utopian view of online travel content

Date: November 30th, 2008 |

Regular readers will know that my professional transition from print guidebook publishing to the web is still very much in its infancy. My experience is rooted in a world of well-established publishing schedules, editorial style guides, procedures and decades of travel writing experience embodied by a community of writers, plus translators, editors, photographers and factcheckers [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]

New Media Skills: Creating Video Without Losing Your Shirt - Part 1

Date: November 7th, 2008 |

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Today I toured a million-dollar video production studio and once again have come to the conclusion that producing video can justifiably seem complicated to most people. Like sell-your-first-born-and-mortgage-the-house complicated. As I left the dark wonderland my head was spinning with the thought (and the cost) of it all. That is, until I remembered my own [read more]

New Media Skills: How To Create Audio Slideshows

Date: October 30th, 2008 |

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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]

2008 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award Winners

Date: October 23rd, 2008 |

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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.
Happ [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]

New Media Skills: Creating Video Part 2 – Video Editing Programs

Date: November 13th, 2008 |

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Though it’s overwhelming—and often impossible—to keep pace with the innovations in multimedia technology, the good news is that whether you understand them or not, these innovations level the playing field between consumers and professionals. This is the case with video cameras, and it’s also the case with the video editing software you’ll need to produce [read more]

Learn from travel great at TRAVELLERS’ TALES FIRST FESTIVAL - 10% discount available

Date: November 6th, 2008 |

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Jonathan Lorie, Director of Travellers’ Tales has just emailed his faithful following with details of the company’s first ever Festival.
It isn’t often that travel writers - wanna be and professional alike - get the chance to spend a weekend picking up tips of the trade and mingling with Michael Palin…not to mention John Simpson [read more]

Travel Reading Group & Online Travel Writing Bootcamp - inspire and energise your writing

Date: October 24th, 2008 |

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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]

Three Emails You Should Read Every Day

Date: October 16th, 2008 |

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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]