Monday Mashup: Sites and Technologies for Travel Writers
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MONDAY MASHUP: In this new series we look at publications, technologies, and opportunities writers, journalists, and photographers or filmmakers might consider, along with people doing work we find interesting and relevant to travel and place. More »
#FollowFriday: 12 Twitter Resources for Travel, Life, and Culture in NYC
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SOCIAL MEDIA: In this new series, Matador editors share their lists of the best people to follow for traveling or living in specific cities. We start in NYC. More »
Infinite Layers of Any Given Place: Q & A with Travel Writer Beebe Bahrami
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WRITING SUPPORT: Accomplished travel writer Beebe Bahrami shares her thoughts on the craft and what it takes to be a successful writer. More »
Be a Tripfilms Celebrity Travel Vlogger
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TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE JOBS: Upload your videos, scour the job board and get paid on Tripfilms.com More »
The 'Legitimacy' of Reading: Placing Books in Context
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NOTES ON WRITING: Till the age of fourteen, I believed I was well read and that I was using my critical faculties to decipher fiction. Today, I believe that I was too unaware of histories and peoples to have come to rational, informed conclusions. More »
What music do you listen to when you write? [Poll]
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NOTES ON WRITING: How does listening to music affect the way you write? Can some music help you write better? More »
Big Bolivian Sunsets: Interview with Photographer Ron Dubin
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TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTO, AND VIDEO: Photograph Ron Dubin discusses coca leaves, 27-pound camera bags, and a Bolivian karaoke bar. More »
Traveler's Omertà: Is There No Place We Should Keep Secret?
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TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTO, AND VIDEO: You beat your way to the next great "undiscovered" village, the ultimate "secret" beach. You write about the wonder of it. Maybe you give it away. Maybe you get two bucks a word. But in your wake the wonder is gone. More »
How to Craft a Writing Resume
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WRITING SUPPORT: For writers, especially beginning writers without a long publication record, putting together a CV or resume for a writing job can seem tricky and perhaps depressing. Here's how to make yourself look good. More »
3 Videos for Photography Inspiration
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TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTO, AND VIDEO: This one is for the shutterbugs, these 3 vids will have you grabbing your camera! More »
Honduras By The Numbers
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BY THE NUMBERS: Recently returned from a volunteer medical trip to Honduras, Matador Contributing Editor Juliane Huang gives us an overview of volunteers' work and play by the numbers. More »
Journal Pages - Things to Paint in London
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JOURNAL PAGES: "Since leaving Australia for Europe around the end of 2008 I have made an effort to document my travels in my art/diaries almost everyday and I am now up to my 6th [journal] in around a year and a half. " More »
Be a YouTube Rockstar: How to Use Annotations
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BLOGGING TIPS: Annotations are the most underutilized and perhaps the most powerful feature on YouTube. Here's how to use them. More »
Notes on 2 Transparent Responses to Current Economic 'Climate' for Writers and Journalists
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NOTES ON WRITING: "...Jason Paul, a recent graduate from American University attempted, like many from the 2009 class, to secure a job. After applying for over 180 journalism jobs in over 35 states, Jason decided to pursue a blog/book idea of his own." More »
Free Resources For Writers and Bloggers on SEO, Social Media, Craft
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BLOGGING TIPS: Matador has compiled dozens of articles on writing tips, blogging, social media, and SEO into easy to follow resource pages. More »
Where to Blog from Before You Die: Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
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TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTO, AND VIDEO: Our new bucket list: places we want to blog from before we die. More »
Notes on Meeting People in Bangkok
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NOTES FROM ROAD: "I said, “Well, goodnight,” and went to my room. In my room I thought about how I wouldn’t normally hang out with those people if I was in Seattle."
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Writing by Remixing: Gordon Lish and Raymond Carver
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NOTES ON WRITING: ". . there are infinite ways to remix the phrasing, sentence construction, amount of background info / temporal references, and dozens of other elements to achieve specific effects with your story. " More »
Dancing With Chains: Notes on Iranian Translation
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NOTES ON WRITING: Matador Life Editor Leigh Shulman has just completed the translation of a novella by Alimorad Fadaienia, a Persian author in exile in Iran. More »
Notes on a Saigon Motorcycle Pimp
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TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTO, AND VIDEO: With no Tesol, no plan and no clue, Josh Johnson hits the streets of Saigon to find a job teaching English. More »
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