How to Become a Travel Writer in the UK: Travel Journalism 101
This course will give you all the knowledge and skills you need to make a career in the travel media. Whether you're just dipping a toe into the industry, have sent some pitches but had silence back, or have a couple of bylines under your belt, you'll learn how to find success as a travel writer.
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Webinar: Working smarter with travel PRs: What can travel journalists do to foster better relationships and results?
Travel PRs are often told how they can help travel journalists, but what can we do to help them? Do we understand their roles and restrictions? How can we develop longstanding relationships that will help us get better stories and support? Join host and senior editor at Adventure.com Meera Dattani in a one-hour pre-recorded webinar with Fiona Anderson, company director of GEC PR; Kasper Iverson, PR & press manager Visit Denmark; and Sophie Morgan, partner at Finn Partners.
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Webinar: The fine art of pitching (and following up…)
What makes a travel pitch stand out? Why do some writers have high hit rates while others feel their emails end up in the wilderness? How does your ‘great idea’ turn into a commission? Join host and senior editor Adventure.com Meera Dattani for a pre-recorded, one-hour webinar with experts from across the travel media.
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Webinar: How to write travel features to wow your editor (and get re-commissioned…)
What makes a really great travel feature, one that editors love and want more of? Why do some writers get re-commissioned over and over again? And, why do some features ‘pop’ while others fall flat? Join host and senior editor Adventure.com Meera Dattani for a recorded one-hour webinar with Daniel Fahey, Lonely Planet commissioning editor; Jane Dunford, deputy head of travel at The Guardian; Phoebe Smith, freelance writer and editor; and Karen Edwards, sustainability editor at Wanderlust.
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Pitch Clinic
Get three of your pitches workshopped by Lottie and Steph, with concrete ideas for how to polish them into something commission-ready. You'll receive written feedback on your pitches, with tweaks and amendments that will make your pitches much more likely to be commissioned. We'll also recommend outlets we think would be a great fit for your pitch.
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Pitch Pack
Struggling to secure commissions from your pitches? The Pitch Pack contains 18 commissioned travel pitches from seven award-winning writers across the travel industry, plus links to the resulting pieces. These pitches are exclusive to the Pitch Pack and a great addition to those included in the course. You'll learn: - how to structure a successful pitch - the types of juicy details that editors want to know before they commission a story - whether there's a limit to how long a pitch should be
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Webinar: Modernise, revitalise, decolonise - Pitch and write sparkier travel features that excite and inform
Travel writing can be a powerful tool for telling important stories. If you want to avoid ‘puff pieces’, use travel writing to reflect and provide context on the world, and celebrate the positives of travel, this action-orientated discussion will equip and empower you to write engaging, memorable travel features. Join host and senior editor at Adventure.com Meera Dattani in a one-hour pre-recorded webinar with editors Sarika Bansal and Uwern Jong, and journalist Georgina Lawton.
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Five travel writing webinars
This bundle includes five one-hour pre-recorded webinars, with host and editor Meera Dattani: - The fine art of pitching - How to write travel features to wow your editor - Working smarter with travel PRs - Pitching engaging, memorable travel stories - Protecting our mental health as travel writers
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Pitching
Get immediate access to 18 commissioned pitches and an editor-led pitching webinar
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