Alumni Newsletter
October 2007 |
What's New From
Travel Classics Writers Conference Editors and Attendees
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 Bruce Wallin
TC West Editor '05, '06; Europe Editor '07
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Bruce was recently promoted to Group Editorial Director, and now oversees the editorial department for all CurtCo Robb Media magazines, which include Robb Report, Vacation Homes, Luxury Home, ShowBoats International, Luxury Resorts, Luxury Hotels, Home Entertainment, and Robb Report MotorCycling.
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Wayne Curtis
TC East '06, West '07
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Wayne Curtis is the winner of the Travel Classics Writers Conference 2006 "Best Story on New York" Contest. Visit the Contest page to read an excerpt from Wayne's winning feature, "Off to the Races: Watching the people, playing the ponies, and drinking the water in Saratoga Springs".
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Kay Grant
TC West '07
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Kay Grant has won three 2007 North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) Contest awards: First Place, Destination Travel - Domestic (Magazine): "LA's Two Getty Museums," Valley Life Quarterly; Runner Up, Personality Profile: "Working Undercover," New Mexico Magazine; and Honorable Mention, Leisure Activity: "Girlfriends Getaways," Valley Life Quarterly.
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 James Conaway
TC East Editor '06
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James Conaway is editor-at-large at Preservation and the author of eleven books, including the just-published "Vanishing America: In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes." His previous book, "The Far Side of Eden: Old Land, New Money and the Battle for Napa Valley", a sequel to his best-selling "Napa: The Story of an American Eden", was a Washington Post Best Book of the Year in 2002. James has written for many magazines, including National Geographic Traveler, Saveur, Smithsonian, and Harpers. He is presently working on a walking series for Traveler.
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Kathy McCabe
TC '04, '06
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Kathy's subscription travel newsletter, "Dream of Italy," is celebrating its 5th anniversary and was named "Best Subscription Consumer Newsletter 2007" by newsletterbiz.com. This past year, Kathy added "The Italian Dream Concierge," a unique travel planning service, to her business.
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 National Geographic's new book, "Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Greatest Adventures" comes out this month. Fifteen of the adventures, ranging from Polynesia to East Africa, and Thailand to the Andes, are contributed by Travel Classics Writers, including Karen Berger, Rachel Dickenson, Judy Kirkwood, Bethanne Patrick, Ellen Perlman, Linda Tagliaferro and Kathy Leong. The project is introduced by National Geographic Traveler Editor and frequent Travel Classics presenter Keith Bellows.
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Barbara Benham
TC 2002-06
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Newly liberated from MFA matriculation, Barbara recently became a Contributing Editor at HotelChatter.com. Her blog, "Travel Sweeps", continues to attract followers and media mentions. In the works are several magazine articles and trips to Gettysburg, PA, the Turks and Caicos, Mexico and Italy.
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 Irene S. Levine
TC East '06, West '07
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Irene received gold and silver Mature Media awards this year for articles in AARP Bulletin and AARP Segunda Juventud, respectively. She has a new blog on the same topic as her forthcoming book, "Best Friends Forever", to be published by Overlook Press next year. Her article on crossing on the QM2 will appear in the first issue of the E-Travco print magazine Experiences this November.
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Karen Misuraca
10 conferences
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Karen Misuraca's online magazine, BestGolfResortsofTheWorld.com, is going strong, and she is working on her 9th travel book, "Backroads of the California Coast". Karen specializes in luxury golf resorts, worldwide, and California travel.
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 Jenny Adams
TC West '07
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Jenny's first book "Mixing New Orleans, Cocktails & Legends" (July 2007) is a historical review of the cocktail in picture and prose, sharing New Orleans' contribution to mixology along with dozens of recipes, lore on the city's finest drinking spots and famous imbibers since the birth of the cocktail.
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Kathy Chin Leong
TC West '06
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Kathy Chin Leong's first feature story in Continental Airlines Magazine, on the influence of pop culture on college curriculums, comes out in November. Also coming out soon are articles in Sunset on Southern Oregon chocolatiers, exotic ice cream in Chinatown, and gourmet hot cocoa in California. She recently landed an assignment on Hawaii shrimp trucks for Islands.
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Paul Ross
TC West '05, '06, '07
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Paul Ross's travel photography will be repped by stock photo agency Dreams Of The Blue.
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Judith Fein
TC West '05, '06, '07
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Judith Fein will be travel expert for adventure tour company consortium Trusted Adventures. Judith and her partner Ellen Barone will be known as The Wild Pair. Judith was recently a speaker and workshop leader at the Educational Travel Conference in Baltimore.
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Lisa Davis
TC Europe '06
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Lisa's story on fall foliage trips appeared in The Chicago Tribune in August. She's a guest host/correspondent on the radio show "Paula Travels" on the Catholic Channel, and has covered destinations including Greece, Berlin, and Ireland. Lisa has two stories coming out in Spa Magazine in November.
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Edie Jarolim
TC Europe '06, West '07
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Edie's piece on the Tucson Originals restaurant group—which helped jump-start the national DineOriginal organization of independents, finding strength in numbers against against the chains—won 1st place in a magazine writing award from the Arizona Press Club. Edie was just made Contributing Dining Editor for Tucson Guide.
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Amy S. Eckert
TC West '05, '06
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Amy Eckert has just completed work on Harley-Davidson's 105th
Anniversary Commemorative "Ride Atlas of North America", featuring the
best motorcycle treks in Canada, Mexico and the US. The guide is slated
for Spring 2008 publication.
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