Monthly Archives: April 2008
Articles Published This Week
If you’re interested in travel or travel writing, I hope you’ll check out the articles I’ve had published this week: Sonidos de la Tierra: Saving Children Through Music Cinterandes: Innovating Mobile Medicine in Ecuador Top Five Secrets Travel Writers Won’t Tell You Travel Stories: Knowing When to Pitch to an Editor and When to Blog: … Continue reading
Writers’ Resource: How to Request Review Copies
As a travel or place-based writer, you’re not limited to telling personal narratives about the places you’ve been. The popularity of travelogues and memoirs continues to expand, and more publications, both print and electronic, are including book reviews among the content they offer readers. As an established or emerging travel writer, you can request review … Continue reading
“All Corners of the Earth”: Kiva Fellows Program
Published by Matador Volunteer, March, 2008 * Organization: Kiva.org Opportunity: Fellows Program Organization Overview: The U.S. based microlending organization, Kiva, has generated major buzz, enthusiastically supported by President Clinton and featured in The New York Times Magazine and a documentary produced by Frontline/World, all of which have praised the organization for its novel approach to … Continue reading
The Traveling Stack of Books
We’re on the road this week in Washington, D.C., and here are some of the books that we brought along for the ride: Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages by Mark Abley Targeted: Homeland Security and the Business of Immigration by Deepa Fernandes Down the Nile Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff by Rosemary Mahoney