Talking Travel Writing
Talking Travel Writing, Lottie Gross, Steph Dyson, Scott AntcliffeDemystifying the travel media
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Travel Writing Residential: one FREE place available
A couple of months ago, we announced that our fourth Talking Travel Writing Residential will be taking place at the Notgrove Estate in the Cotswolds this November. There are now only a couple of spots left for this Residential, which involv...
I can’t believe this needs saying: don’t write for free
I was shocked to hear from a travel writer colleague recently about a press trip they went on in which three of the four journalists on the trip were not being paid for their work. They were, instead, writing it up in exchange for the oppor...
Editor interview: how to pitch The Simple Things
Jo Mattock talks us through pitching travel stories to The Simple Things
This month’s editor interview is with Jo Mattock, Commissioning Editor at The Simple Things. Jo commissions on the subjects of travel (UK and international), nature a...
Photography for travel writers: what you should be packing
What sort of photography gear should a travel writer be carrying?
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ASK ME ANYTHING about getting into travel writing
We know many of you are established travel writers, but hundreds of you are still looking to get your first commissions or get on your first press trips.
Join us on Substack for an AMA on getting into travel writing — click on the Note be...
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The newsletter that demystifies the travel media, tackling all the essential topics to help travel writers thrive in this uncertain world. Run by Lottie Gross and Steph Dyson, two pro travel writers with over two decades' combined experience.
Freelance journalist and editor specialising in travel writing. Bylines in The Telegraph, The Times, i, Independent, Nat Geo Traveller, BBC Radio 4 & more...
Travel journalist with bylines in National Geographic Traveller, CNN, Lonely Planet, The Independent and more. Founder of WorldlyAdventurer.com, a Latin America-focussed sustainable adventure travel website with one million readers+ per year.
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