NATJA Notes: Hispanic Heritage Month, Final Weeks for the Awards Competition, and more!
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¡Hola! Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! We hope you enjoy the bright and lively colors in our banner. During this time, we celebrate the contributions of our Latino/Hispanic/Latinx communities in the U.S. Who doesn’t love a good taco or burrito? Then there are guacamole and salsa! Arepas anyone? And of course, margaritas! Besides the food and beverage angle, […]
2023 October Featured Journalist of the Month: Rich Grant
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In 1972, I moved to Denver as a 22-year-old, pot smoking, pony-tailed hippy driving a VW bug. Fifty years later, I drive a Honda CRV. In between, I worked 35 years for Visit Denver in communications and as a freelance writer. Today, the times have changed. Writing travel stories for seniors is exactly the same […]
2023 October Featured Journalist of the Month: Wendy Gunderson
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Film and digital photographer and blogger, sharing my experiences on Film Road Trip, https://filmroadtrip.com, devoted to film photography, and My Irie Time, https://myirietime.com, devoted to the Caribbean. 1. What got you into travel writing?I’ve always had an eye for photography, and it was really photography that launched me into travel writing. I entered my first […]