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My Favorite Travel Blogs of 2010

Everyday, more and more people are starting travel blogs. It’s hard to keep up with them all. I wish I could because I love reading people’s travel stories. They keep me excited about life on the road. But there’s too many blogs to read. Yet I do have some favorites and I wanted to bring [...]

Is Travel Blogging Real Journalism?

One of the most interesting discussions at TBEX was about whether travel blogging was real journalism. Was this online art just as good as print media? Were bloggers just as thoughtful, meticulous, and well researched as traditional writers? The infamous Chris Elliott said he saw no difference between print and online content. Blogging was just [...]

The (Un) Windy City

In 1871, most of Chicago burnt down. The summer had been really dry and the city’s wooden houses, built closely together, were a matchbox waiting to be lit. There had been small fires all summer and it was only a matter of time before the city erupted in a major blaze. Around 9 p.m. on [...]

TBEX Chicago

Yesterday was a momentous occasion for travel bloggers- it was the first really big, sponsored travel blog conference. The brain child of Debbie Dubrow and Kim Mance, TBEX off started as an “add on” for all the bloggers in Chicago attending Blogher, but soon took on a life of its own and provided a great [...]