The South’s great features
Posted: May 3, 2013 Contents: Chapter 4 | Tags: Graham Averill, Graham Averill Southern Living, micro travel notes, micro-blogging, microblogging, Southern Living, southernliving.com, travel journalism, travel journalist, travel writing Leave a comment »Chapter 4 encourages the travel journalist to not only put their market in context but to really highlight the unique features of their hometown. Have a look at how Graham Averill uses short tidbits/factoids about 7 very unique locations in the South. Averill has put together a great read to get possible road trip ideas. The article adds a creative option/advice to explore locations such as: horse back, tram tour, or guided lantern tours. Graham Averill also includes his own subjective humor on why an individual would enjoy each one of these wonders. This is one way to attract tourists to your location using minimal text. This method forces Averill to use only the most important information to deliver a specific message. With micro-blogging catching steam, more articles like this will become more and more prevalent.
The story – In three sentences or less
Posted: October 3, 2012 Contents: Chapter 6 | Tags: david miller, matador network, matadornetwork.com, micro travel notes, microblogging, travel journalism, travel journalist, travel writing Leave a comment »Chapter 6 cited microblogging — blog posts of 140 or fewer characters — as a tool for travel journalists. The Matador Network’s David Miller put out a call for something he calls Micro Travel Notes. Miller states,
“The goal was to tell a complete travel story–something with character, setting, chronology, and ideally, some kind of transformation–in three sentences or less.”