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Below, you'll find:  (1) our Mission Statement; (2) Editorial Department Information; (3) Media Information; and (4) Advertising Information.

Our Mission Statement

Who?

SouthernTravelNews.com™ is a news media venture -- an online feature newspaper dedicated to editorial coverage of travel within the U.S. South and cruising from southern U.S. ports. Our articles change weekly, depending on the section. Some pages are updated more frequently. 

What?

Visitors to our site enjoy daily headline news briefs, a blog, major travel features on 13 dedicated state pages and 26 themed category pages, a focus on hot packages and deals, as well as photos of the week, downloadable photos, reader trip reports, book reviews and more.

When?

All feature stories strive to provide fodder about what’s new in the coming year. Throughout the site we put heavy emphasis on destination profiles and information of interest to travelers planning a visit to the U.S. South in the coming year.

Where?

We don’t cover the world. That gives a more targeted focus to our coverage. We write about travel to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia, and cruising from ports in those states.

Why?

Lots of sites focus on “doing it all” in the world of travel coverage. We prefer a narrower focus – just one geographic region. The South is a special place, with its own sense of culture, music and lifestyle. At the same time, the region reflects great diversity even within individual states. We aim to reflect that.

Our Editorial Department

Editorial Leadership

SouthernTravelNews.com™ draws 26,000-plus unique visitors monthly and is owned by Corporate Write LLC, a Florida editorial services firm.

Editor-in-Chief is Susan J. Young, a 20-year travel industry veteran and former magazine and newspaper reporter. Young is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers and that organization's Editor's Council.

She served for nearly a decade on staff with Travel Agent magazine, a major travel industry trade publication, as Southeast (U.S.) Bureau Chief and Cruise Bureau Chief. Today, Young continues as senior contributing editor - cruises and tours for Travel Agent magazine and Home-Based Travel Agent magazine; she also contributes at times to Luxury Travel Advisor.

In addition, Young was formerly director of public relations-marketing for US Airways in the 1990s. Young has served as a travel industry consultant in the aviation, hospitality and rental car segments. 

As a freelancer, Young's articles have appeared in Caribbean Travel & Life, Passport, CruiseMates.com, Florida Living, National Geographic Traveler, Porthole, Overhaul & Maintenance (a McGraw-Hill Aviation Week publication), the Ledger in Lakeland, FL (a New York Times regional newspaper), AAA Carolinas, several airline in-flight magazines and other publications. 

In addition, Young is the 1998 winner of the B. F. Goodrich Award, a journalism honor presented by the Royal Aeronautical Society of Great Britain; Young competed against 400 others to win the top aviation maintenance article award. To reach Young, email to editor@southerntravelnews.com.

SouthernTravelNews.com  (TM) and sister site, SouthernCruising.com (TM) publish articles by Young and other professional travel writers under contract. Please do not send any copy for review. All stories are assigned by the editor and developed by writers with whom we contract. 

This site publishes content from more than 50 professional travel writers, many of whom live in the U.S. South.

Our freelance copy editor is Lizz Dinnigan, a former associate editor with a major travel trade publication.

Press Room:

Journalists and editors who wish more information for editorial publication about SouthernTravelNews.com™ or SouthernCruising.com™ may email Susan Young at editor@southerntravelnews.com.

Advertising:

To receive an advertising kit detailing promotional options, spec sheets and advertising rates for SouthernTravelNews.com™ as well as sister site SouthernCruising.com™ email  advertising@southerntravelnews.com.