Times are likely to get a little harder for all of us, so I wanted to share this one with all Written Roaders. Definitely worth a pitch me thinks. The gig Michelle Smith at Virgin Media would like to hear from top-notch lifestyle writers. Are you one of these? Can you whip up well-crafted copy […]
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November Press Trip to El Salvador
With the recent change of the clocks, November evenings certainly have gotten dark. Sounds like it’s time to start focusing on writing about warm weather destinations to get you out of the approaching winter blues. Luckily the Central American Tourism Board is offering a familiarization trip to explore El Salvador. If you’re interested in writing […]
» Read more...Learn from travel great at TRAVELLERS’ TALES FIRST FESTIVAL – 10% discount available
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...Destination-wedding and travel writers – call to contribute
Recently wed New York City bride, Lyla Gleason, is calling out to travel writers for ideas old, ideas new, weddings sundrenched, skies of blue for globetrottingbride. You’re not ruled out if you’re haven’t tied the knot overseas yourself, you just have to have a passion for weddings of all shapes and sizes, available in every […]
» 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...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 […]
» Read more...Calling all travel industry bloggers – apply now for the 2008 PhoCusWright Bloggers’ Summit
Running from November 17-20 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood, California, The Bloggers’ Summit, part of the PhoCusWright Travel Industry Event of the Year is a way for travel industry bloggers from around the world to get together, share and exchange ideas and to participate in the Travel Industry Event of the Year. This Bloggers’ […]
» Read more...Moon Guidebook authors wanted for three titles on various Pacific Northwest locations
Hopefully there are others — like myself — that are based in the Pacific Northwest and can take advantage of this great opportunity. Avalon Travel Publishing (which happens to be the largest independent travel publisher based in the United States) is looking for writers to author several new Moon guidebooks: Moon Pacific Northwest, Moon Outdoors […]
» Read more...Travel News and Features – where do your best stories come from?
I’m feeling reflective about pitches and travel features, and have spent time this week revisiting and reviewing my contacts list. And with World Travel Market on the horizon in November it’s a prime time to focus on the type of leads and people that really deliver. With my background in guidebooks, my professional network consists […]
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