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Shameless Self Promotion: New World Review Launches

Date: July 9th, 2009 |

I’ve become increasingly worried about the state of the media as newspapers cut staff and magazines fold left and right, so I have felt a growing urge to begin posting something significant on the web. It has been a long time coming, but I finally have my own independent ezine to launch: New World Review. [read more]

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

Date: November 30th, 2008 |

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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]

Too Much Time Online?

Date: September 16th, 2008 |

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Because of a trip down to San Francisco this weekend, I didn’t get online for a whole four days… four days! Well, that’s not entirely true — I did have to check my work email and send some things out Monday morning — but for the rest of the time I didn’t do any blogging, [read more]

Trying To Be A Travel-Writer: My Story So Far…

Date: March 29th, 2008 |

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One of our recent posts here stirred up many comments and thoughts. Although I assure you we’ve never meant to be impersonal, some of the commenters have expressed that this site lacks a personal touch, and many often ask for Jen. Unfortunately, as Nick has mentioned, Jen has retired from this site. She can be [read more]

My New Digs: Brooklyn, New York

Date: January 30th, 2008 |

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I am now officially a Brooklynite. About two weeks ago I relocated to Greenpoint, in the northwest corner of Brooklyn. It’s a mostly Polish community, but has recently seen an influx of hipster types escaping the Manhattan-like rents of nearby Williamsburg. My wife and I were actually expecting to land in Manhattan, but begin looking [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]

The Death of the American Newspaper Travel Section

Date: October 22nd, 2008 |

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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]

Scarce Posting

Date: May 26th, 2008 |

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Sorry about the scarce posting over the last few weeks, looks like both Nick and I have been swamped with different things.
I’ve been wrapping up things here in Madrid before I leave for Dubai to spend 3-weeks with my family; I haven’t been home in 18 months. My brother and cousin arrived here two days [read more]

Writing Online: What You Write Vs. How You Write

Date: March 9th, 2008 |

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I don’t know about you guys, but with the explosive growth of the online publishing industry and the constant debate over the authority definitions when it comes to journalists, bloggers or writers, I am often left confused and lost as to 1) what I should be writing 2) how should I be writing about it [read more]

Learnings from 2007, Writing Goals for 2008?

Date: January 6th, 2008 |

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Last year was a big writing year for me. An awfully disorganized one, but a big one nonetheless.
I continued writing for Gridskipper; did a short stint at globorati; and began writing here, for Vagablogging, for Gadling, for European Vibe and for Map Magazine. Other than European Vibe, for which I’ve written numerous travel-sections (of [read more]

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