Press Trip Preparation Workshop

Workshop: Press Trip Preparation Workshop

Overview: This weekly workshop meets online via Skype over the course of four weeks, teaching participants how to prepare for press trips and location-specific writing assignments. Emphasis on conducting research beforehand, collecting information on site, methods of recording/observing, how to network, and how to prepare finished articles for publication are elements of this workshop. Etiquette and ethics will also be discussed.

Course size: This course is limited to eight participants.

Prerequisites: None, but it is strongly recommended that participants have completed the MatadorU travel writing course.

Facilitators: Julie Schwietert Collazo

Upcoming dates: Please email Julie at julie@matadornetwork.com for upcoming dates.

Cost: $160 US

About the Instructors

Julie Schwietert Collazo

Julie is managing editor of the Matador Network and the lead faculty at MatadorU. She’s the contributing author to Fodor’s Puerto Rico (Random House 2010) and Fodor’s Caribbean (Random House 2011), as well as The Voluntary Traveler (Dog’s Eye View 2009). She has written city guides for Sherman’s Travel, AOL Travel, Gayot and USA Today, and her writing and photography have appeared in a variety of print publications, including the in-flight magazines of Martinair and Singapore Airlines, as well as general and special interest magazines, among them, Latina Magazine and DISCOVER Magazine. Most recently, she’s produced an iPhone app, the “San Juan Insider.”

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