Responsible Travel Writing with Rooted Founder JoAnna Haugen

We all want to be more responsible travelers and global citizens, but as travel writers, we have an additional responsibility to encourage responsible traveling. We recently invited travel writer and consultant JoAnna Haugen to speak to our members in The Circle on responsible travel writing. JoAnna is an award-winning writer, speaker, consultant, and solutions advocate. She’s also the founder of Rooted, a solution platform at the intersection of sustainable tourism, social impact, and storytelling. JoAnna explains how every decision we make in our work as travel writers has a ripple effect. She draws attention to how our actions may impact the climate emergency, sustainable development, tourism-related businesses, and new travel-related offerings that become available. You’ll discover how to know if the companies you write about are really responsible or just greenwashing, how to balance writing something that won't necessarily paint a place in the best light, and why you shouldn’t be afraid to ask the tough questions. Tune in today to find out how you can be a responsible travel writer and use your influence to effect positive change!