NEW WEBINAR: Thursday 5th December 2024 at 3pm GMT
Pitching, follow-ups, ‘ghosting’: Working in travel media now and how to feel 2025-ready
Register here – Free session (with optional donation)

Welcome to Travel Writing Webinars. Want to write pitches that make a travel editor pounce? How do you write features that make an editor go “wow”? What are the ethics of travel writing and press trips? How do you ‘get into’ travel media? What is ‘decolonising travel writing’? How can freelance travel journalists work ‘smarter’? How do you manage your mental health and wellbeing? Can we work better with travel PRs? How do you build and maintain good relationships with editors?

All this and more is/wil be covered in these professional development sessions aimed at travel journalists and writers, with panels featuring some of the best in the business. The last webinar took place on Thursday 26th September 2024: ‘Back to school’: How to freelance (and travel) smarter, get productive and organise your business -recording and resources now available.

All past webinars are available here: September 2023’s inaugural webinar The fine art of pitching (and following up); How to write travel features to wow your editor; How can we protect our mental health and wellbeing? (free webinar); Working smarter with travel PRs; and Modernise, revitalise, decolonise: Pitch and write sparkier travel features that excite and inform. All webinars include a link to the recording and useful resources.

NOTE: Everyone who registers for a live webinar will receive a recording and resources within ONE WEEK of the session. If you’re purchasing them after that, you’ll receive links immediately.

Travel Writing Webinars is founded by me, Meera Dattani, a freelance travel journalist and travel editor. This first series of Travel Writing Webinars is supported by Talking Travel Writing, the Substack newsletter that promises to demystify the travel media for freelancers forging a career in travel writing. The last three webinars have also been sponsored by Adventure Travel Networking.

Any questions, please do email me anytime. You can also follow me on Twitter and Instagram.

Webinars available to buy