Why is The Philippines so far behind the rest of East Asia? Why is The Philippines failing on so many levels when it should, by all accounts, be a major contender in South East Asia? What you might not know, is once upon a time, it was just that, a major economic contender in all… Continue reading more »

Travel Journalism or Citizen Journalism or just travel blogging, is there a difference anymore? There is no argument, citizen journalism is here. Though many mainstream print media outlets are still in denial, and dying because of it. Mainstream news agencies like CNN, BBC & The Guardian are embracing citizen journalism with open arms. From Ireports, live blogging, twitter to… Continue reading more »

Travel Photography Ethics? How many travel related websites are there out there? They nearly all have something in common that we all like: Travel Photography. But just how did that travel photograph come about? And, are its ethics in question? Over the years I’ve seen the travel photography and travel blogging industry change. And, I believe at the moment,… Continue reading more »

Benefits of online storage I’ve had online storage hosting for over a decade, it’s been invaluable to my traveling and photography. And, I consider it something few people take full advantage of. In my previous article about online photo hosting we looked at why photo hosting can save your travel blog or photography website, and save… Continue reading more »

What is photo hosting? Photo hosting is only for selling photographs. That’s what I thought, at one stage. update: I’ve written a huge review of online photo hosts as a complement to this article. The link is at the bottom of this page too. Travel blogs & photographs generally go hand in hand. And, rightfully… Continue reading more »

Impact of ignoring travel blog ethics In travel blog ethics we looked at some of the who’s and how’s. Now lets take a look at the outcomes of how ignoring travel blog ethics can affect & destroy lives. The following are 3 brief real life situations in order of severity: (names changed) 3. (Asia)”A group of friends were… Continue reading more »

Do you Travel Blog Ethically? Do you even care? The debate over travel blogging vs journalism vs travel writing is an old one. I think it’s fair to say old media, whether it likes it or not, is merging with new media. But, are we returning the consideration? The Global Merge: Travel writers & journalists nearly all run… Continue reading more »