Rosie Cohan’s award-winning story, “The Safari from Hell”, will be featured on Travelerstales.com, beginning September 8, 2025. It describes how the unique nature of Africa transformed a bad tour into a profound personal experience.
Diane Covington-Carter has received a 2025 Silver Award from the Society of American Travel Writers, Western Chapter (SATW), for the blog posts:
My Paris Neighborhood, MY SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE IDENTITY and
Searching for my Irish Roots, Finding Myself.
Elaine Lee is thrilled to announce her partnership with Panorama Journal in the production of their epic and historic Paris edition (8/1/25). Working with Panorama writer, BATW member and Go Girl contributor, Faith Adiele, as well as Panorama Director, Matt Webb, they created a special feature section that showcases two essays from the anthology that Lee edited, “Go Girl: The Black Woman’s Book of Travel and Adventure” (1997), and two essays from its sequel, “Go Girl 2 (2024)”.
They also included an updated reflection on Elaine’s first trip to Paris where she caught a travel bug that altered the trajectory of her life and career in wondrous ways. The feature section reveals the diversity of Black women’s travel and the importance of Paris to the Black imagination.
Award-winning writer Faith Adiele leads Rethinking Travel Writing, a five-session Zoom course hosted by Off Assignment, held Saturdays, Sept. 6–Oct. 4, 1–3 p.m. EST. Participants will explore voice, place, ethics, and decolonizing language, with insights from guest authors Bani Amor, Noo Saro-Wiwa, Carey Baraka, and Pier Nirandara. For more information, see https://www.offassignment.com/rethinking-travel-writing.
Kimberley Lovato’s latest article for National Geographic Travel features San Francisco and other cities around the world leaning into car-free living. Read it here.
Durban-based long-time BATW member, Wanda Hennig, was in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, last year to write about a new luxury boutique hotel for Cuisine Noir magazine. While there, she stopped in at a coffee caravan in the suburbs of what she says is a fabulous small town to visit for anyone thinking of an African vacation. She had a coffee, chatted with the barista — and now, also published in Cuisine Noir magazine, is her story on “delightful” Loretta’s coffee. Read it here.
David Landis recently tagged along with fellow member Stretchy Pants Food Tours for a look into the changing culinary offerings and culture of San Francisco’s Mission District. His findings? Great food, provocative art and a history dedicated to social justice. As published in the July 31, 2025 issue of the San Francisco Bay Times. Read it here.
Ruth Carlson had fun discovering secret spots in one of San Francisco’s most famous attractions, Fisherman’s Wharf, for ExperienceFirst. Read it here.
Lina Broydo recently featured Prima Ballerina Natalia Makarova on the international website La Oferta. Makarova was awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at a sold out Gala presented by the Grand Prix, Dance The Open America.” You can read her story here.
Congrats to all!