Elaine Lee presented a travel writing class, “From Journey to Journalist” at the 2026 SF Bay Area Travel and Adventure Show, which was held on 3/21-22 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Lee also has an article in this month’s Road Scholar newsletter entitled, “Freedom & Inspiration: What Elaine Lee Loves Most About Solo Travel”. Read it here. In addition, Sister’s Sanctuary of AARP featured Lee’s, “Go Girl 2: The Black Women’s Book of Travel and Adventure” in the March edition of their newsletter, which was dedicated to travel. The section was called “Good Reads for Globetrotters!”
Erin Deinzer published two recent articles – one for Mount Baker Experience on the Tucson Loop bike riding trail (read here), and the other on the reopening of The Huntington Hotel for 7×7 (read here). The assignment from 7X7 Magazine was a result of our October BATW editors panel.
Jules and Effin Older recently attended an annual event celebrating Pacific Islanders living in New Zealand. See what they experienced by watching their newest travel video for Everett Potter here.
Shannon Gomes hosted a recent podcast interview and wrote a post highlighting the Gregangelo Museum for submission to be featured in the May BATW website. See it on the landing page of the BATW May website update.
Ginny Prior published several April articles, including four features for 65 Degree and 57 Degree Magazines, a spring ski listicle for 7×7 Magazine and a piece on indigenous Page, Arizona for Southwest Travel and Life.
Corporate member Brittany Haning with M2M has just begun working with the Gravenstein Apple Fair. Haning would like to host writers at the Fair (Aug 8 &9) and you can reach her here.