2024 July Featured Journalist of the Month: Eugenia Lazaris

Eugenia Lazaris is a freelance travel writer and editor based in Southern California. She is a graduate of the University of La Verne with a degree in psychology, but her passion is in travel and exploring the world’s nooks and crannies. Her lifelong love of travel has taken her to nearly every state and 20+ […]
July 2024 Featured Destination: Visit Jacksonville

If you had to sum up Jacksonville in a nutshell, it would be a boiled peanut: a secret recipe, an unexpected delight, a reason to pause instead of passing through. Yes, we have 22 miles of beaches, year-round sunshine, world-class museums, and all the extras you’d expect from a city our size, but Jacksonville offers […]
2024 July Featured Journalist of the Month: Rich Warren

Columbus, Ohio-based travel writer Rich Warren travels the country and the world looking for offbeat and off-the-beaten-path stories. He is a graduate of the Elf School of Reykjavik and can tell you what the Amish wear to the beach in Florida! Credits include Saturday Evening Post, National Geographic, Fodor’s.com, AAA World, AAA Explorer, Garden and […]
2023 July Featured Journalist of the Month: Ken Budd

Growth. Purpose. Exploration. Love. These are key themes in my work, especially my award-winning memoir The Voluntourist (William Morrow). The book shares my adventures as a volunteer in six countries and my search for meaning as I cope with my father’s death and attempt to live a life that matters. In 2020, my Washington Post […]
2023 July Featured Journalist of the Month: Nancy Wigston

A graduate of the University of Toronto with a PhD in English literature, I taught English Lit and Creative Writing at the Toronto French School, followed by a stint teaching Literary Travel at UofT’s School of Continuing Education. An experienced writer with expertise in travel writing, profiles, book reviewing, medical, historical, and social issues, in […]
2022 July Featured Journalist of the Month: Kim Horton Levesque

Kim is an author, freelance writer, and French translator. She spent years working and traveling in France, Western Europe, and Asia. Kim studied in Paris, the Loire Valley, Spain, and Belgium, and has a Bachelor’s in French and a Master’s degree in Education, both from Arizona State University. She’s been honored with a Fulbright assistantship and […]
2022 July Featured Destination of the Month: Springfield, Missouri Convention & Visitors Bureau

The vision of the Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau is to lead the area travel industry in promoting Springfield as a premier destination for leisure travelers and outdoor enthusiasts, a recognized and successful host city for meetings and conventions, and a prominent and respected venue for sporting events. 1. ) What is your destination most […]
2022 July Featured Journalist of the Month: Rob Jerome

Rob is a travel photographer and has written for bilingual Chinese-English publications and websites in Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China. He has covered folkloric celebrations such as Carnival and emerging travel destinations in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, and Central and South America. Rob also engages in sports photojournalism involving Masters Athletics. Before becoming a […]
July edition of ‘Discover Arkansas’ available online

The July edition of “Discover Arkansas” is now available at www.arkansas.com/discover-arkansas. Published by Arkansas Tourism, the monthly digital publication highlights events, activities and trip ideas in The Natural State. This month’s “Discover Arkansas” takes you on a culinary tour of The Natural State. Explore winners of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame and journey off the beaten […]
2021 July Featured Destination of the Month: Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau

Centrally located in the SE, Huntsville has truly earned the nickname Rocket City, USA! Train like an astronaut at U.S. Space Camp and visit Earth’s largest space museum, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. If green space is more to your liking, come to the Huntsville Botanical Garden, home to the nation’s largest open-air butterfly […]