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How to start a travel blog in 2025: ideas and suggestions

AlexBrylov Starting a travel blog this year can be an exciting and rewarding journey, allowing you to share your adventures, inspire others, and even generate income. With evolving digital trends and increasing opportunities in the travel niche, this is the perfect time to launch your blog. Here’s a step-by-step guide, along with content ideas and suggestions to help you succeed. read post

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A tribute to my friend, the late travel media icon Arthur Frommer

The legendary U.S. travel journalist and entrepreneur Arthur Frommer passed away November 18 at the age of 95. Born in Virginia and with an early boyhood in a small town in Missouri, Arthur was a lawyer who became a pioneering and great travel journalist, and who will be remembered as having helped open the joys of travel to the masses. While serving in the U.S. Army in Europe in the 1950s, he got the travel bug, came out with a travel guide for servicemen, and followed up in 1957 with…

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Free access to Encyclopaedia Britannica for journalists

My editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica has asked me to extend this offer to all my journalist colleagues. You are invited to enjoy free access to all its factchecked resources, and if you do link to a Britannica story in your articles, none of the content linked to will be paywalled. Your readers in turn will have full and free access to Britannica's content. To get your free, personal subscription, just go to britannica.com/journalists and enter the code: EXPERT-CONTENT.

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What do you wear to Seven Magic Mountains?

Seven Magic Mountains is an art installation located in the Nevada desert, and the weather can be quite hot and dry. Therefore, it is recommended to wear comfortable and breathable clothing, such as shorts, t-shirts, and sandals or sneakers. You may also want to bring a hat, sunglasses, and sunscreen to protect yourself from the sun. It's also a good idea to bring a bottle of water to stay hydrated. While there is no strict dress code, it's important to dress appropriately for the weather and…

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Judy Wells February 17, 2010 at 10:36pm

Haven't a clue. It was bad enough in the olden days of print when a passage from an article was lifted first with attribution and then inadvertently through ignorance or haste with none. Now with the proliferation of ethically clueless Inter-webbers/bloggers it looks hopeless without some big brotherish policing. Most of us are too busy trying to land paying outlets to do it ourselves and googling yourself doesn't work if they don't use your name. Perhaps some 9-year-old can come up with a software that shocks the fingers of anyone lifting copy inappropriately.
Ed Wetschler February 17, 2010 at 10:19pm

P.S. I'm hoping someone else can come up with some practicable answers to Max's ultimate question: "And what can we as a profession do to help stem the tide of irresponsible journalism"--i.e. plagiarism?
Ed Wetschler February 17, 2010 at 10:16pm

Max, as the new Ethics Chair of SATW I have to turn in my first annual report next month. Thanks for posting those questions; I'll include these issues in the discussion. (And yes, I have seen my writing and even my photos plagiarized--in print as well as online.)
Mark Chesnut February 17, 2010 at 8:18pm

Hey fellow journalists, I'm working on the launch of a new Website and blog, www.LatinFlyer.com and www.LatinFlyerBlog.com, that are dedicated to travel to Latin America (including Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean). In addition to articles, the content features videos and photography. So if you happen to be headed to (or based in) a destination in that part of the world and are looking for an additional outlet for some interesting story ideas, let me know!
Max Pesling February 17, 2010 at 8:12pm

Did you all catch yesterday's article in the NY Observer about plagiarism at the NY Times? Seems cut-and-paste has become the disease du jour among certain writers. You've never done it, of course, but have you, in your capacities as writers, ever had your work plagiarized online or elsewhere? And as editors, have you had writers submit articles that you subsequently discovered had been lifted from other sources? How did you deal with it? And what can we as a profession do to help stem the tide of irresponsible journalism?
The Highway Girl February 11, 2010 at 9:11pm

Wondering if any group members are Austin, TX based or if anyone's attending SXSW this year. We'd love to invite you to our three events! If you'd like more details, please comment back in our post in the discussion forum inside this group.

Samantha The Highway Girl
http://www.thehighwaygirl.com
Maralyn D Hill February 11, 2010 at 8:52pm

IFWTWA (ifwtwa.org) has two press trips coming up in May and June. Registration for them is over near the end of March. Check our our home page for details.

The itinerary and Registration form are posted for both trips. We hope to see some of you.

Temecula Wine Country Tour is May 16-19, 2010.
Rockland, Maine is June 6-10, 2010.

Both have exciting itineraries. East or West coast, we have you covered.

Watch our home page as we've got great trips coming for the fall.

Please contact me with any questions.

Maralyn D. Hill, President
www.IFWTWA.Org
Ed Wetschler February 8, 2010 at 9:16pm

Thanks, Kristi; quite right. Just to clarify, it's not ideas for destinations I'm seeking (I've been visiting Europe even longer than I've been a travel writer), but agencies or companies that arrange home stays unrelated to language classes or such.
Kristi Casey Sanders February 8, 2010 at 8:59pm

Amsterdam is another fun (and safe) destination with cultural and evening attractions.
Judy Wells February 8, 2010 at 4:54pm

As one who was once in a similar position, I'd like to suggest Istanbul. It's Western enough for her to cope with yet Eastern enough for her to feel she is in a whole new world - which she is wherever she chooses to go. And Turkish men are charming and adore American women. She can be the belle of the ball if she wants to.