From Passion for Travel to Award-winning Stories with travel journalist Jessica Vincent (Re-release)

In this episode, I talk to Jess Vincent, a multi-award-winning travel journalist with work in BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveler, CNN Travel and more. Since graduating with a literature degree in London, Jess has been living out of a backpack and reporting from countries across Europe, Africa and Central and South America. From completing a rare trek through indigenous land in southern Mexico to meeting Belize’s first female drum maker, Jess’s stories aim to inform, inspire and challenge misconceptions about people and places that are often misunderstood. Jess is the current Global Travel Writer of the Year, and has been nominated for three more travel journalism awards, including Specialist Writer of the Year and Best Wider World Feature, in 2021. She is also a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and the host of Inside Travel Media, a weekly IGTV series that interviews some of the world’s best travel journalists, photographers and filmmakers. In our conversation, Jess gives us poignant, real, inspiring, and uplifting advice about starting a path into travel journalism. I loved talking to Jess about her experiences and the very real challenges faced on this path like facing fears, taking action, and how we can better support ourselves while developing a portfolio.