Congratulations 2020 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award winners.
Please use this occasion to trumpet your success and draw attention to the best of what travel journalists do: serving their readers with honest, ethical, accurate, responsible accounts and pictures of the Earth and its people.
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The 2019-20 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition is sponsored by the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Foundation. Please be sure to use the word “Foundation.”
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Awards were announced Oct. 16 at the annual conference of SATW, the premier professional organization of travel journalists and communicators. This year, it was a virtual convention.
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This is the 36th Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition and drew 1,299 entries. The competition is open to all North American journalists.
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Judges are faculty at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, with Emeritus Prof. John Fennell, Prof. Jennifer Rowe and administrative assistant Kim Townlain coordinating.
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The SATW Foundation is distributing more than $21,000 in prize money to individual winners this year.
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In 2020, there are 99 awards in 26 categories honoring outstanding print, online and multimedia work, travel photography, and audio and video.
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Contributions by Gold Supporter Carnival Corp. and other donors help sustain the competition and make the prizes possible.
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The awards are named for Lowell Thomas, acclaimed broadcast journalist, prolific author and world explorer during five decades in journalism.
Media contact: Victoria Larson, victoria@satwf.com
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