travel editors Archive

From the Editor’s Mouth: Kate Appleton of Travel + Leisure

Editor’s note: Ms. Appleton moved on to Afar and then the Cathay Pacific magazines after this interview went up, but we’re leaving it as is because it’s filled with great advice. This week, I

An Interview with Robert Reid of Lonely Planet

As the U.S. Travel Editor for Lonely Planet, Robert Reid–who is also a writer and blogger himself–knows the ins-and-outs of the travel industry! In this interview, he talks about how he weaseled his way

A Conversation with Dan Schlossberg

Lately, we’ve been running interviews of travel writers who have made their niche by combining something they love with the art of travel. In this next case it’s baseball!  This week, I spoke with

From the Editor’s Mouth: Spud Hilton of the San Francisco Chronicle

Spud Hilton and I met on the bus at the NATJA conference in October, and we had a rousing conversation about the ten worst ways to take travel photographs, ever. Spud, who is the

From the Editor’s Mouth: Michael Yessis of World Hum

Back in 2001, Michael Yessis created the culture and travel website WorldHum.com with Jim Benning.  Since then, more than two dozen stories they’ve featured on their site have been featured in the Best American