Talking Travel Writing
Talking Travel Writing, Steph Dyson, Helen Ochyra, Lottie GrossDemystifying the travel media
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Quick reminder: all discounts end Sunday (and our planned April break…)
Before we disappear for a few weeks, a quick reminder about something we mentioned at the top of this week’s newsletter.
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Story Behind the Story: how do editors assign features?
We ask an editor how they come up with ideas and assign them to writers.
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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.
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.
Writer, author and broadcaster
Freelance journalist and editor specialising in travel writing. Bylines in The Telegraph, The Times, i, Independent, Nat Geo Traveller, BBC Radio 4 & more...
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