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  • Talking Travel Writing

    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.

  • Lottie Gross

    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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    Multi-award-winning writer based in Lyon, France, and the author of Paddling France for Bradt Guides.

  • Steph Dyson

    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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