NOTES FROM ROAD:  Photojournalist Marcus Benigno (mfb) rides the Trans-Siberian Railroad 6000 km across Russia, documenting people's stories and images, and the juxtapositions of local culture along the world's longest railway.   More »

CONTESTS:  A photo contest from Gap Adventures that centers around using the five senses.  More »

TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTO, AND VIDEO:  #4: Your in-camera white balance is an amazing tool for correcting different lighting and adding mood to your photos. Try taking a portrait on cloudy and auto, you will see your camera auto WB generally shoots on the blueish side of the spectrum.   More »

TECHNOLOGY:  The desire to communicate with one another has been a driving creative force throughout our time on earth. As the medium of expression evolved our message went mobile and traveled through worlds both physical and digital.  More »

NOTES FROM ROAD:  In which David Page navigates the tweakscape, eats wild pig stew, meets an agent of the King, and witnesses creation on the Big Island of Hawaii.  More »

NOTES FROM ROAD:  Robert Hirschfield finds a juxtaposition between Burma and India, past and present, East and West, while talking to a monk at the Bodhi Tree.  More »

CONTESTS:  The first writing contest Matador has sponsored in over a year, the Transparent Narrative contest prize is $300 plus tuition to MatadorU, and gives writers a chance to explore new prose styles and subjects.  More »

NOTES ON WRITING:  The Ladder of Abstraction is a simple but powerful way to habituate a critical attitude toward language and writing.  More »

PHOTOGRAPHY:  The following photo essay shows 21 iconic places with photos taken a century ago compared to present day.   More »

JOURNAL PAGES:  Robin Wang's journal pages com from a 3 week trip to the southwestern part of China, including Yunnan and Guangxi, with villages that still have matriarchal societies, and people "ignoring the outside modern world."  More »

NOTES FROM ROAD:  "Maybe they stumbled upon me while they were doing who-knows-what with their AK's. Either way they whistled for me to turn around and with a gesture that is unmistakable - move and die."  More »

NOTES ON WRITING:  "No one else writes like this about New York."  More »

TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTO, AND VIDEO:  In which the editor of Esquire makes a case for The Magazine as the greatest medium ever invented. And lays out how much blood, balls and marrow-sapping dedication will be required to participate.  More »

NOTES FROM ROAD:  "Even New Years, standing with his sons drinking beer by the fire, it was like he was just waiting to fix something . . ."  More »

NOTES FROM ROAD:  "I think about how Nazis³ used to live here and probably still do. If I had the chance to meet one, would I say anything? Would I paint PUEBLO JUDIO across his face?"  More »

NOTES FROM ROAD:  " Vinay, 26, brings solar energy to rural villages, and I bring my squares of writing paper. What did these gentlemen bring, hands fallen to their sides now, bodies pressing against glass and metal?"  More »

TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTO, AND VIDEO:  A new website that uses photographs to create innovative insights into the lives of your favourite music artists.  More »

TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTO, AND VIDEO:  The MatadorTV dojo is quickly filling with deadly Travel Video Ninjas! These are multimedia travelers who stand out and who's adventures you would do well to follow.  More »