Travel writing: Simon Townsend's articles

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Bullet points (or dot lists) Modern journalism strives to make it easy for the reader to read quickly, so bullet points (or dot...

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Reprinted with permission from the US magazine Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel $15.40 at newsagents The 100 Most Important...

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Published in the travel section of The (Sydney) Sun-Herald and reprinted with permission This article was written by the...

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Photography books: I have no favorites. I've never seen a bad one, only that some are better than others. But new and better ones...

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Your great life as a reviewer, and how to win a gig By SIMON TOWNSEND A journalist who wins a gig as a permanent reviewer can...

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POINT OF CONTACT WHILE TRAVELLING: Newly trained journalists going away on a long or indeterminate trip worry about how editors...

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How to land a job as an on-camera reporter on a travel show Part 1 As I said in my letter to you?. my students all say they would...

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Part 2 How to make your application story to win your travel reporter job* *Provided you follow EXACTLY all these instructions...

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This article re-printed with permission. I recommend that as a travel writer you visit most of these websites. LET ME KNOW BY...

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Travel Writing Tips I want to say something specifically about travel writing. I also tutor a travel writing course at Thomson...

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I suspect - from what you're saying - that you'd rather concentrate on writing and not worry too much about photography. That's...

The Craft of Writing

I know you see it in respectable, professional publications all the damn time. But I wish my students wouldn't use 'you', 'we'...