Thanks go to Dick Jordan for sending the link to the latest installment of BATW member David Page‘s Matador essay on “The Future of Freelance Journalism“: http://bit.ly/awqUbe

Bay Area Travel Writers is delighted to welcome four new members: Active Members: Jeneka Ossa Susan Cohn George Medovoy Provisional Member: Sandy Moniz We look forward to meeting you all and to chatting with you at upcoming BATW functions.  Welcome!

David Laws' "Silicon Valley: Roots & Shoots" On Sunday, Dec. 5, the San Jose Mercury News ran a delightful front-page story about David Laws and his new app “Silicon Valley Roots & Shoots” headlined “David Laws’ Silicon Valley Roots & Shoots Puts Silicon...

Big congratulations to Erin Van Rheenen, who has had a number of successes in the past couple months, including: Matador recently published her article “Ping Pong Death Match in Playas del Coco“; her story “Happily Stranded on the Lost Coast,” which ran in the Los Angeles Times...

Congratulations go to Jacqueline Harmon Butler, who has been contracted by Agate Publishing to do a major update of the 7th Edition of the Travel Writer’s Handbook.

Excellent news from Tom Wilmer: “Very excited to receive a wonderful feature on the new Wine Seeker’s Guide to Livermore Valley in the Contra Costa Times. The first and only book to showcase Livermore Valley AVA–a world-class producer of fine wines. Unknown to many, Livermore Valley...

Lisa Alpine is again offering her travel writing workshop: Travel Writing: Mapping Out the Route to Your Dream Profession Saturday, February 5, 2011 (10 am – 4 pm) Fee: $110 The Writing Salon · Berkeley, CA Write on, Dream on, Dance on!

International tourism is heralding the good news of a complete recovery from the decline suffered under the impact of the global economic crisis of the last two years.  The reason for the current optimism is the actual performance last year (2010), which was forecast to reach levels of up to 50 million...

glass of red wine in Napa Valley (photo © April Orcutt) The BATW would like to thank the following wineries for their generous contributions to our annual holiday party held aboard the Jeremiah O’Brien on December 11, 2010. Artisan Family of Wines, a wine company based in Suisun Valley under the...

Morton Beebe and John Jerney, who is working with Morton on his South Pole expedition, offer a timely tale of warning to “highly experienced” BATW members.  John writes: Mort has been having an unfortunate and very unfair ordeal with the National Science Foundation. After initially awarding...