OffbeatRips.com
Title
Freelance Travel Writing Course by Offbeatrips Travel and Tourism Journalism
Description
Eileen started her journalism career in 1992 with The Sun Newspaper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, eventually graduating to magazines and becoming Editor of FHM (For Him Magazine - an eclectic men's lifestyle title from the UK publishing house EMAP) by 1998.
Eileen's current role as Travel and Features Editor for The Cairns Post newspaper, Australia, cements her position within the Travel genre, providing a truly authentic insight into real, current publishing practices for students of The Complete Travel Writer® course.
She has also contributed hundreds of freelance feature and travel articles to newspapers and magazines worldwide. Eileen has seen life from both sides of the Editor's desk, and as such fully appreciates the challenges faced by publishers, staff writers, photographers, freelancers and editorial assistants. She brings to Offbeatrips a wealth of knowledge and insight into the publishing industry, and a keen commitment to help budding freelancers on their path to being published. Eileen observes: "Magazine and newspaper desks range from utter chaos to absolute bedlam. Editors simply don't have the time to tell neophyte freelancers where they are going wrong, and this is a key frustration on both sides. Many freelancers never discover how to improve their work, and Editors tend to suffer in silence, fielding generally inappropriate, poorly-targeted submissions from a global panel of uninformed freelancers. There were times when I had to discard over 70% of freelance submissions that landed on my desk. Nobody wins in this sort of scenario.
Languages
English
