http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2morrowknight/12-awesome-travelers-on-t_b_381963.html

“In 2008, Christine Gilbert walked away from a major Fortune 500 Company to become a freelance writer - working and traveling to cities around the world. It’s truly a great story. Her travels have taken her to 13 countries and over 20 cities. Her aptly titled blog, AlmostFearless, is a great read. It has some great links to other travel blogs.”

Here are the top 25:

# Blog Title
1st Gadling
2nd Brave New Traveler
3rd Everything Everywhere
4th dannychoo.com - Your portal to Japan
5th Nomadic Matts Travel Site
6th almostfearless.com
7th BootsnAll Travel
8th Upgrade: Travel Better
9th Intelligent Travel Blog
10th World Hum
11th USATODAY.com - Today In the Sky
12th Jaunted - The Pop Culture Travel Guide
13th Travel Rants Blog
14th elliott.org
15th Europe for Visitors
16th Johnny Jets Weekly Newsletter
17th Vagabondish
18th Travellerspoint Travel Community
19th The Perrin Post Travel Blog: Conde Nast Traveler on Concierge.com
20th The Cranky Flier
21st A Luxury Travel Blog
22nd Uncornered Market
23rd PeterGreenberg.com
24th MiceChat
25th GoNOMAD Website RSS Feed

ZenFoodist.com - Putting the Om in Om Nom Nom

Full Press Release:

Indie Travel Media Ltd
PO Box 5531
Auckland 1141
New Zealand
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLOGGERS CREATE PRINT MAGAZINE FOR INDEPENDENT TRAVELLERS

Auckland, New Zealand, 18 August 2009 - Today Indie Travel Media Ltd officially announce the
launch of the Indie Travel Podcast Magazine, a print+digital publication for independent travellers.
The inaugural issue is available internationally from 1 September 2009 through subscription to the
printed edition and also online.

Need to know

Title: Indie Travel Podcast Magazine
Published: September 1st, 2009
Frequency: Quarterly (February, June, September, December)
Format: Flipbook and PDF (online); A5 booklet (printed)
Price: NZ$40 for a year’s subscription; NZ$9.50 + postage for single issue. Medium resolution PDF
and Flipbook are free to view online.
URL: http://indietravelpodcast.com/magazine
Short URL: http://su.pr/2UmnYS

Background

The Indie Travel Podcast has traditionally focused on cutting-edge new media publishing, especially audio downloads. It has grown to include travel video and stories on their Lonely Planet award winning site, http://indietravelpodcast.com.

In all its forms the Indie Travel Podcast caters for independent travellers, especially those planning or taking part in extended travel. The magazine allows themes to be treated in greater depth andbeautiful photography and graphic design to be showcased in a familiar format.

New media delivery mechanisms are still going to be used in distributing the magazine; especially the seldom used PDF functionality of iTunes. With an existing global audience of podcast listeners, the digital magazine can be instantly delivered.

For those tired of reading online or wanting something to read during takeoff and landing, the print subscription delivers sharp, high quality images and thoughtful writing in a practical A5 format. Beautifulphotography throughout means it will proudly grace any coffee table.

Bloggers and content

Three regular columns are introduced with well-known travel bloggers taking centre stage. Kim Mance tackles women’s travel; Erik McLaughlin talks health as the adventure doctor; and Christine Gilbert covers the digital nomad beat.

These regulars are joined by several other well-known bloggers. In addition to Craig and Linda Martin’s writing and photography, Tim Patterson and Ryan Libre have a feature on their time with the Kachin Independence Army in Burma; Ben Cooper writes on tapas in Seville with Debbie Dubrow supplying photos; Lola Akinmade provides a photo essay on Lagos; Kat Calvin explores Angkor Wat and the nightlife of Siem Reap; and Gary Arndt was interviewed about his round-the-world travels. Blog reviews form a special category with four sites coming under the Editor’s gaze this quarter. Blogging is a developing medium and this section highlights blogs with interesting writing and storytelling or other unique attributes. It is thought this will be a popular and rather unique department in current travel publishing.

Excerpts from the magazine are available at http://indietravelpodcast.com/magazine until September 1 when it will be replaced with the full issue.

The Indie Travel Podcast, Indie Travel Podcast Magazine and respective logos are trademarks of Indie Travel Media Ltd.

About Indie Travel Media Ltd
Indie Travel Media Ltd publishes the international award-winning Indie Travel Podcast (http://indietravelpodcast.com) and the Indie Travel Podcast Magazine (http://indietravelpodcast.com/
magazine). It focuses on cutting-edge new media publishing for budget and independent travellers worldwide with a strong focus on audio and video storytelling and social media. Its directors Craig and Linda Martin run a location independent operation but are currently based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Website: http://indietravelpodcast.com

Contact

Craig Martin - Managing Director
Email - craig@indietravelpodcast.com
Skype - mars-hill
Twitter - http://twitter.com/craig_martin
Phone - 021 060 1749 or +64 21 060 1749 outside of New Zealand
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From TBEX:

We are very excited to announce the super-fantastic speakers for TBEX’09 on July 26th in Chicago! Event co-host Debbie Dubrow and I will be moderating the sessions which cover things like: the difference between travel journalism and blogging; keeping a lively travel blog; working with PR professionals and balancing ethics; and using your trip video footage to become a vlogger. Oh, and did I mention this event is totally free for attendees? And that we’ll also livestream it for those who can’t make it to Chicago? Well those things are true!

So without further ado…here’s our confirmed list so far (a couple of fabulous organizations are sorting exactly who will come, and we’ll let you know soon!).

TBEX ‘09 Speakers

• Wendy Perrin, Condé Nast Traveler Magazine & The Perrin Post
• Jen Leo, Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & Deal Blog
• Christopher Elliott, Elliott.org & Syndicated Columnist
• Michael Yessis, WorldHum
• Sean Keener, BootsnAll Travel Network & WhyGo Travel Guides
• Pam Mandel, Nerds Eye View & BlogHer Travel Editor
• Heather Poole, Gadling & Should Be Writing
• Christine Gilbert, Almost Fearless
• Rosalind Cummings-Yeates, Farsighted Fly Girl
• Craig Martin, Indie Travel Podcast & Travel Talks.tv (live via broadband from NZ)
• Chris Christensen,, Amateur Traveler
• Representative, TBA Disney Park
• Karen Vaughan, City of Chicago Tourism
• Angela Berardino, Turner PR