Talking Travel Writing
Talking Travel Writing, Lottie Gross, Steph Dyson, Scott AntcliffeDemystifying the travel media
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 394 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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FREE mentoring for travel writing course bookings until 16 Aug
Our fourth residential travel writing course is happening in November this year in the Cotswolds and there are limited spaces left! If you book before midnight on 16 August you’ll get a free 1-2-1 mentoring session with Lottie or Steph afte...
How photography got me my first national newspaper writing commission
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The copywriting course price goes up midnight tonight
A quick one: midnight tonight is the deadline for securing our copywriting course at a discounted rate, and we don’t want you to miss out.
Travel Copywriting 101 goes up to £299 tonight. For the rest of today only, it’s £279, so grab it he...
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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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