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TRAVEL REPORTING INSIGHTS

Friday, March 15, 2024 12:00–1:00 p.m. EST

Our panelists share how they navigate a journalism career in the travel space, including industry tips and misconceptions.

Deni Chamberlin (she/her) is a Pulitzer-Prize winner and currently working as an associate professor of journalism at Iowa State University. With over 20 years of experience as a newspaper and magazine photojournalist, Chamberlin now uses her skills and expertise as director of photography at the Food & Environment Reporting Network and as faculty director with ieiMedia for our Adriatic, Italy, program.
Evan Lambert (he/they) is a culture writer, journalist, travel writer, short fiction writer, playwright, and one-man personal essay factory. He writes for Business Insider, Thought Catalog, Queerty, and Pink Ticket Travel — among others — and he has bylines at BuzzFeed, Going, Mic, Xtra, The Discoverer, Paste, and many more.
Teresa Puente (she/ella) is an Assistant Professor at California State University, Long Beach, who teaches News Reporting and Ethics, Social Media Communication and Bilingual Magazine Reporting & Production. She has spent her career reporting on immigration and Latino issues in the U.S. and has also reported extensively from Mexico. Aside from her role at CSULB, she also serves as Faculty Director for ieiMedia’s program in Madrid, Spain, and she previously taught study abroad programs in Mexico, Peru and Italy.
MODERATOR: Sophie DiFrancesco (they/them), a recent James Madison University grad with a double major in theatre and journalism, moderated this session. During their time at JMU, Sophie studied abroad with iEiMedia in Urbino, Italy, and now continues to share their experience with students and professors around the country.

BREAKING INTO TRAVEL WRITING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

Friday, Feb. 24, Noon PST/3 p.m. EST

Find out what travel editors look for in pitches and how to get your work published.

Katherine LaGrave, deputy editor, Afar Media
Silas Valentino, travel editor, SFGate
Amanda Finnegan, editor, By the Way, the Washington Post’s travel destination
Nikki Vargas, senior editor, Fodor’s Travel
MODERATOR: Rachele Kanigel, professor of journalism at San Francisco State University and director of ieiMedia’s international reporting and photography program in Arles, France.

BECOME A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

Wednesday, Feb. 8, 5 p.m. PST/8 p.m. EST

Three accomplished journalists share their experiences and advice for students and young professionals eager to embark on a career in international reporting.

Ilene Prusher, former correspondent and bureau chief for The Christian Science Monitor who reported in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. She is now a journalism professor at Florida Atlantic University and will direct ieiMedia’s international reporting program in Jerusalem this summer.

Nomi Morris, former correspondent in Berlin for TIME and others, as well as Middle East Bureau chief for Knight Ridder Newspapers, based in Jerusalem. She is now a lecturer in the Writing Program at University of California, Santa Barbara and will direct ieiMedia’s international reporting program in Berlin this summer.

Deni Chamberlin, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who covered the fall of communism in Eastern Europe for TIME, The New York Times Magazine and other publications. She is now associate professor of Visual Journalism at Iowa State University and will teach in ieiMedia’s international reporting program in Arles, France, this summer.

MODERATOR: Alexandra Goldberg, a 2022 alumna of the Berlin program and currently a senior at UC Santa Barbara and working as an intern at ieiMedia.

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