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BATW Travel StoriesBay Area Travel Writers tell stories through media, old and new — newspapers, magazines, broadcasts, blogs, videos, books, and online publications.
Note from the editor
The BATW Travel Stories magazine publishes stories and photographs created by members of the Bay Area Travel Writers, a non-profit association of professional travel journalists and photographers based in San Francisco but with members worldwide. BATW provides members with development and networking opportunities, access to fascinating venues and press trips, and the opportunity to meet and form lasting friendships with working travel journalists and other industry professionals. All content on this site is © copyright of the writer. For more information visit https://batw.org
Editors
David A. Laws
I photograph and write about Gardens, Nature, Travel, and the history of Silicon Valley from my home on the Monterey Peninsula in California.
Erin Deinzer
Lifelong travel nut. Enthusiastic participant in all aspects of life. Loyal friend & mother. Animal lover. Avid reader.
Lee Daley
Travel writer, photographer, editor, I cover travel, culture, art & architecture. Featured in NY Times. Share the journey at https://epicureandestinations.com
April Orcutt
April Orcutt writes about travel, nature & environment for the Los Angeles Times, BBC Travel, National Geographic Travel, AAA mags, & more. See AprilOrcutt.com.
Karen Misuraca
Travel journalist, blogger and award-winning guidebook author specializing in California, cultural travel and golf travel. Member SATW/BATW.
Carol Canter
Carol’s award-winning travel articles have made the offbeat and exotic accessible to readers for decades.
Karen Misuraca
The award-winning author of 10 guidebooks to California and the Wine Country, Misuraca specializes in cultural travel. DeepCultureTravel.com
Writers
Laurie McAndish King
Award-winning travel writer and photographer specializing in nature and culture.
Ginny Prior
Ginny Prior is a seasoned travel journalist and the Director of the Bay Area Travel Writers.
Stephanie Levin
I write about customs, cuisines, environments and solo travel. I’m trilingual and a contributor to www.travelexaminer.com.
John Sundsmo
A traveled scientist, photographer and co-founder of TravelExaminer, John brings a different focus to travel writing interests in history, science and culture.
Carole Terwilliger Meyers
I am a professional travel writer, photographer, and editor. Visit my website BerkeleyAndBeyond2.com, and sign up for my blog at TravelsWithCarole.blogspot.com.
M. T. Eley
Participating in modernity under protest. @M_T_Eley on most socials, Tweets with surprising infrequence.
Diane Covington-Carter
Diane Covington-Carter is an award-winning journalist and author. Member of SATW, Winner of a Lowell Thomas Award 2020. www.dianecovingtoncarter.com
Anne Sigmon
Anne Sigmon is an award-wininng travel and health writer, stroke survivor and autoimmune patient who still seeks adventure off the beaten path.
Rosie Cohan
A multiple award-winning writer, Rosie’s stories have been published on GEOEX.com, BestTravelWriting.com, AboutPlace.org and in several anthologies.
Hilary Kaiser
World traveler & travel blogger. Oral historian. Author of 2 books on WWII. Retired professor of intercultural communication at University of Paris. Playwright.
MJ Pramik
MJ Pramik holds advanced degrees in biological sciences, labors as a science/medical writer, won several travel writer awards and published poetry.
Inga Aksamit
I’m an award-winning author, globe-trotting traveler and third-culture kid who loves world-wide adventure. Follow me at https://ingasadventures.com/
Susan Alcorn
Hiker, traveler, photographer who primarily writes about outdoor adventure. Author of “Walk, HIke, Saunter: Seasoned Women Share Tales and Trails” and more.
John Penisten
John Penisten resides in Hilo, Hawai’i. He has authored four guidebooks on the islands and his stories and photos have appeared in various media outlets.
Diane LeBow
Diane LeBow is a world traveler, women’s rights activist, college professor emerita, former BATW President, and widely published, award-winning author.
John Williamson
Freelance Photographer - Travelled to over 50 countries on 6 continents. - https://johnwilliamson.photoshelter.com
Jim Shubin
Travel photographer and publisher of a travel magazine, Destination Insights found on https://www.magcloud.com/browse/magazine/552180
jules older
Google ‘checkered career.’ Clinical psychologist, college counselor, medical educator, DJ, filmer, radio commentator, performance maven, ski journo, TV villain.
Mike Bernhardt
Mike Bernhardt is an award-winning travel writer who likes to share the personal and transformative experiences he has when traveling, not boring listicles.
David Landis
Food, travel writer ("The Gay Gourmet") for SF Bay Times; retired founder of Landis Communications Inc., SF
Lalit Kumar
Adventure and Travel Writer, Poet. Books - "Yosemite of My Heart" , "Years Spent" | https://indiacurrents.com/author/lalit-kumar/ | www.lalitkumaronline.com
Dana Zartner
Explorer. Animal Lover. Environmental justice advocate. Writing at the intersection of travel, nature, culture, food, and adventure as a woman of a certain age.
Anne M. Breedlove
Anne's first book Part-Time Nomads was released September 27 2023. You can find it in San Francisco at Browser Books & Russian Hill Bookstore, or online.
Bob Cooper
Bob Cooper is an award-winning travel, outdoors and profile writer (WALL STREET JOURNAL, NAT. GEO. TRAVELER, etc.) and freelance copyeditor. www.bob-cooper.com