A local friend in your pocket
Posted: October 20, 2012 Contents: Resources | Tags: field trip, local, travel guide, travel journalism, travel research, travel technology, travel writer, travel writing Leave a comment »As a travel writer, conducting research on a destination while traveling is a sure way
to miss out on some great opportunities. Inevitably, however, without a local connection the travel writer will come to a point when she wants to explore more than she has researched.
Field Trip, a GoogleApp, might just be the traveler’s solution to this dilemma. As Google describes it,
“Field Trip is like having a local friend with you as you make your way through the city.”
Here’s a bit offered by Field Trip:
“Field Trip is your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around you. Field Trip runs in the background on your phone. When you get close to something interesting, it pops up a card with details about the location. No click is required. If you have a headset or bluetooth connected, it can even read the info…
Add visuals to writing for a more complete story
Posted: October 20, 2012 Contents: Chapter 4 | Tags: photography, rose walker, travel journalism, travel photography, travel research, travel writer, travel writing 1 Comment »Chapter 4 discusses the need for research prior to travel. While the chapter focuses more on writing, Rose Walker offers this advice in Do Your Research to Become a Travel Writer to researching the destination:
“your next step as a travel writer is photography. Most travel writers take photos to go with their articles and most editors want photos. I am sure you have taken pictures while on vacation, but now you want to take professional pictures to sell. Do your research on what editors want in a photo, but most importantly do research on how to photograph pictures to sell.”
Using Walkers advice in addition to Chapter 4 the travel writer should have a complete set of tools to get their writing published along with some stunning visuals.
