Hello :)

Here's another episode where I run with three ideas and make a small to-microphone editorial. This one's all about Travel Blogging - the ethics, aesthetics, and social culture of it. It was inspired partly by a trip to WTM London, and partly by a post on Instagram.

Topics discussed in this episode are: Part One: The Politics of Travel Blogging * The layout of WTM * The stalls that went big ... * ... the stalls that went small, or not at all * Can we be ethical and still speak to certain tourist boards ... * ... and does anyone really care if we are or not?

Part Two: The Aesthetics of Travel Blogging * Selfies rule * People like people, and people like to see people * Am I authentically The Barefoot Backpacker? * How authentic is anyone when they create their aesthetic? * The Instagram Husband * Every Picture Tells A Story * Why I take so many photos

Part Three: The Social Culture of Travel Blogging * The Pre-Social Media Times * Twitter Travel Chats * Online Forums * Engagement Pods * Who is a Travel Blogger's Audience and what if it's Other Travel Bloggers? * Accidental Audiences and Communities - do they matter?

A PDF transcript of this podcast is available.

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The two Instagram accounts I refer to are Paulina_on_the_Road and GeorgiaRoseHardy.

Until next time, bye for now. :)