Who Are America’s ‘Best Describers’?
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 08.18.08 | 2:23 PM ET
Photo by Jon Marshall asks, “Which newspaper writers are the best at describing people and places?” He nominates three terrific writers—Jeffrey Fleishman of the Los Angeles Times, Lane DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times, and Dan Barry of the New York Times—but not one of them writes for the travel pages. Too bad. Newspaper travel sections are enduring tough times, but there are still some terrific describers toiling around the country. They deserve some shout outs.
I’ll start with a couple people we’ve linked to many times over the years, Tom Haines of the Boston Globe and Chris Welsch of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. And I’ll grandfather in two who are no longer in the newspaper game, Catherine Watson and Tom Swick.
Share your favorite describers from the newspaper travel pages and links in the comments below.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Eva 08.18.08 | 4:15 PM ET
Cool post, Mike, and great picks.
I always enjoy the Ben Brazil (http://www.benbrazil.net/) stories you guys have linked to (mostly Washington Post I guess?), and I’ll also nominate a token Canadian, the Globe and Mail’s Stephanie Nolen (http://www.stephanienolen.com/index.htm). She mostly does political/current affairs stuff, but writes for the travel section occasionally.
Sara 08.19.08 | 11:13 AM ET
Lane DeGregory is my favorite newspaper writer/reporter of all times.
I also highly recommend Kevin Sites in the hotzone (http://hotzone.yahoo.com/), a blogger who travels into the midst of the world’s most dangerous conflicts. Fascinating stuff.