Writing

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Current engagements

enRoute, Air Canada’s in-flight magazine

With a circulation of 141,000, enRoute’s print edition reaches 1 million travelers each month on their way to five continents with more people viewing its content at the magazine’s website. (For data about enRoute’s readership, please see its media kit.) While you can access all of my articles on this blog, sample engagements include

• “Four Family Friendly Hotels Stay Hip“
• “Four Spots to Catch World Cup Fever“
• “Our Favorite Freebies Around the Globe“
• “The World’s Wildest Ski Jumps“
• “Art Comes to the Aficionado at these Hotels“

BlackBook

“BlackBook is the insider’s guide to where style and substance intersect in popular culture today. BlackBook provides sophisticated, relevant, and visually stunning takes on restaurants, nightlife, travel, fashion, Hollywood, entertainment, and the arts.” While you can read all of my articles on BlackBook’s site, sample engagements include

• “Jsix’s Christian Graves Gives Us His ‘Chef’s Kitchen Experience‘”
• “Steve Earle Lays It Down“
• “The Proud Junketeer: From Jamaica to China and Back“
• “Louisville Cool: The Hottest Parties of Kentucky Derby Week“

Gridskipper

“Gridskipper is a blog about travel and leisure, written especially for urban dwellers who appreciate the need to get off the grid from time to time. The site’s strength is its city-specific maps—from the best bistros in Paris to the sexiest beaches in Sydney.” (For data about its readership, please see its audience demographics survey.) Currently it’s owned by the Curbed Network, but I also wrote for Gridskipper when it was part of the Gawker Media network. While you can read all of my articles on Gridskipper, sample engagements include

• “Shenzhen, China: More Than Just A Good Place To Jump To Your Death“
• “Six Jerusalem Spas Fit For Your Resurrection“
• “The Week-Old Hotel Palomar“
• “Live Like Caravaggio In Modern-Day Rome“
• “The Sex and Swingers Clubs of the DC Area“
• “DC Restaurants That Made Me Sick“
• “Where to Buy Crack in Northwest DC“

UpTake

“UpTake.com is a travel search and discovery site –the first step for travelers to decide where to go, where to stay or what to do. The overall site has 1.8 million visitors a month while the blog has 150,000 readers. Its target market is women with families, age 30 to 55 who plan travel.” While you can read all of my articles on UpTake, sample engagements include

• “Economy Inn in Louisville: For When You Need Flexibility (or Meth)“
• “Hotel Byblos in Saint-Tropez Offers Luxury Accommodations on the French Riveria–Just Not to Me“
• “Business Class on Cathay Pacific from New York to Hong Kong: The Winged Child of a Hostel and a Ritz-Carlton“
• “Chicago’s Hotel Monaco Offers Great Views from Warm, Chic Rooms“
• “Bloody Bed Sheets and Accusations of Quickies at the West Yarmouth, Mass. Econo Lodge“
• “Relax at The Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach and Eau Spa“

Samples of previous engagements

• BudgetTravel.com, the website of Budget Travel magazine: “10 Engaging Spots for Popping the Question“
• Deadspin, the Gawker Media network’s sports website: A two-part feature on the 2008 NFL Pro Bowl
• Louisville.com: Four articles per week on arts and entertainment in Louisville (I’ve since become the site’s editor-in-chief)
• Examiner.com: 92 articles as the Louisville Travel Examiner
• Medical News newspaper: A cover story on the future of the VA Medical Center in Louisville
• Backstreets, a quarterly magazine that focuses on Bruce Springsteen and related Jersey Shore artists: An article examining the real-life implications of Iraq War-related themes in Springsteen’s music

To contact me about an assignment, please e-mail zach@zacheverson.com.