Wendy Knight

Ferrisburg, VT USA
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Professional Experience

An award-winning, multi-media travel journalist who covers culinary, adventure, destination, luxury, budget and family travel for international publications like the New York Times and media outlets like ABC News. Recent stories include new food towns, adventure film festivals, Vermont artisan cheese, and dangerous travel. Signficiant public relations and book publicity experience, as well.

Expertise

Book Author
9 Years
Correspondent
1 Year
Writer
16 Years

Specialty

Food
3 Years
Travel
6 Years
Outdoors
6 Years

Industries


Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
6 Years
Book Publishing Consumer
9 Years
Newspaper - National
6 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

16 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

New York Times (10+), ABC News Now (6-10), Boston Globe (1-2), Globe and Mail (1-2), National Geographic Traveler (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (1-2), Vermont Health Department (1-2)

Foreign Language Skills

Spanish

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Windows XP,

Equipment

laptop, digital camera, digital video camera

References

Barbara Ireland, ireland@nytimes.com, David Puente, david.puente@abcnews.com

Awards

Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book, 2004

Associations

North American Travel Journalists Association PEN New England

Showcase

Writing Samples

On the Olive Oil Trail, Glass by Glass
(The New York Times 5/19/2006)
Tasting Olive Oil in Northern California
On a Roll, for Lobster
(The New York Times 8/4/2006)
Eating lobster rolls along the Maine Coast
Would-You-Dare Movies
(The New York Times 1/6/2006)
A growing number of films festivals celebrate life on the edge.
Pink Peppercorn Truffles, Anyone?
(Globe and Mail 11/18/2005)
"Chocolate is the food of the gods,” Vermont chocolatier Chris White says.

Videos

New Food Towns
(ABC News Now 3/8/2006)
Demo podcast using New Food Town segment for ABC News Now.