Congratulations to Diane Covington Carter who recently earned three new awards from the Society of American Travel Writers, Western Chapter. A Silver award for her article, “Bathing by the Bosporus”, a Silver award for three blog posts, “Anne Frank and Me”, “A Powerful Feminine Presence in Athens that Lives on Today” and “Straddling Two Hemispheres”. And a Bronze award for a photo essay on Lausanne Switzerland, “Indulge your Inner Royal, a Stay in a Swiss Palace”. Check out her blog posts, articles and books on her website: https://dianecovingtoncarter.com.
(W)right On Communications was honored recently as PR Team of the Year at the regional PRSA SD/IC chapter awards. (W)right On also earned top honors in integrated communications for their multi-channel outreach and education program supporting the $5.5-billion Payment Card Settlement as well as recognition for the creative outreach tactics they developed for that program and their AEG Worldwide 2023 DEI Report.
Ruth Carlson interviews the “Flying Nuns,” a Merced “convent” that grows and sells CBD in this new edition of Tom Wilmer’s award-winning NPR podcast, Journeys of Discovery. Listen to it here.
Lina Broydo published a piece on Mendocino and the Stanford Inn and Resort, last month, in La Oferta, an online publication serving the bi-lingual community in the Silicon Valley. The resort is unique in that it serves only plant-based cuisine and was recently named the #1 vegan hotel in the U.S. by VegNews. Read Lina’s piece at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063732983337
Lalit Kumar was one of the featured poets for South Asian Literature and Arts Festival (SALA 2024 – https://www.salafestival.org/featured-artists ) held on Sep 28-29. This is a collaborative event co-organized by Art Forum SF and Stanford Center for South Asia. He spoke and read his travel & adventure poetry, esp. from his book ‘Yosemite of My Hearts’.
Ginny Prior explored three Blue Zone Project counties in California for the October issue of Diablo Magazine. She collaborated with BATW corporate partner and board member Laurie Armstrong Gossy on covering one of the counties, and also highlighted the town of Upper Lake, which hosted a BATW board retreat a few years back. Read it here.