Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau Lands Society of American Travel Writers Central States Chapter Conference for 2022
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The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau bid on the 2022 Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Central States Chapter Conference – and won.
SATW Central States delegates will get to experience Mardi Gras in Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana during their annual meeting.
“We understand the economic and branding impact that this conference will have on our community, said Brandy Evans, vice president of communications. We believe that the media will love our community’s rich heritage, amazing food, and fascinating culture, and we can’t wait to showcase it.”
Sports Illustrated and
Golf Magazine, and he has covered 25+ major championships. Jeff helped launch SI Golf Plus Digital, Golf Magazine s first original, weekly e-magazine, and served as its top editor. He also launched Golf s Films division, the magazine s first long-form video storytelling franchise, and his debut documentary received an Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting. His writing has earned first-place awards from the
Society of American Travel Writers, the
MIN Magazine Awards, and the
Golf Writers Association of America, among others. He received a bachelor s degree from the University of Michigan and a master s from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. A native Michigander, he remains a diehard Wolverine fan and will defend Jim Harbaugh until the bitter end.
at 2 p.m. the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will present travel writer and author
Anastasia Mills Healy for an illustrated virtual talk on:
Secret Connecticut: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure, featuring a selection from the eighty-four engaging stories highlighted in her new book.
Ms. Healy pivoted her focus to her home state during the pandemic and brought to life Connecticut’s long history of intriguing people, places, and events that will surprise and fascinate even longtime residents.
A few examples will include the “mountain of evidence that a Fairfield resident,
Gustave Whitehead, flew two years before the
Wright Brothers,” and that “Connecticut was the site of the world’s first telephone exchange, first pay telephone, and first phone book; Connecticut also established the American School for the Deaf, the first school in the country for anyone with any disability.”
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