Christine Gilbert
Verified- Freelance Journalist, Freelance
- Editor-in-Chief, Almost Fearless
- None, Almost Fearless, Freelance
Altamira
As seen in:
Almost Fearless,
Vox,
ELLE,
Lonely Planet,
Matador Network,
Fodor's Travel,
Signature Reads,
SecEd
Covers:
travel, languages, food, culture, parenting, lifestyle
Doesn't Cover:
product reviews
The only adventure and travel magazine for active, adventurous parents.
Christine Gilbert’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridMy Book: Found in Translation
www.agentquery.com
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Christine Gilbert's FOUND IN TRANSLATION: One Woman's Globetrotting Quest to Swear in Chinese, Laugh in Arabic, and Dream in Spanish, an attempt to become multilingual while uncovering myths and unexpected truths about language learning, to Sophia Muthuraj at Gotham, by Joy Tutela at the David Black Literary Agency
The Wireless Generation
www.kickstarter.com
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A documentary about a new generation of people who are taking their careers online in order to travel the world.
Tandem Breastfeeding
www.brainchildmag.com
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I have a secret. I'm still breastfeeding my three-year-old son, along with his three-month-old sister. They call it tandem breastfeeding, but they might as well call it shameful-secret-of-mommies-who-are-doing-it-wrong because that's exactly what it feels like. My husband
Escape from Goa: Hampi and the ruins of Vijayanagara
www.bbc.com
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Ancient Vijayanagara, a crumbling 16th-century metropolis, is a stark contrast to the decadence of Goa's beach life.
The beautiful ruins of Vijayanagara
www.bbc.com
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This crumbling metropolis was once one of the most beautiful cities in its time.
Roasted Pear Bruschetta with Chèvre and Serrano Jamon
www.plumdeluxe.com
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I always think of summer as bruschetta season; there's no better way to eat fresh tomato than with a little mozzarella, olive oil and balsamic vinegar, and basil. It's freshness personified. In fact, the bruschetta is incredibly flexible, you can use it to highlight any season fruit or vegetable.
The Mob + Intellectual Property Rights
medium.com
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There's a story flying around the interwebs this weekend, and it's about Turner Barr, a blogger who had a novel idea: he would travel "around the world in 80 jobs" - doing odd jobs from a rice farmer to an extra in a documentary. He's been writing about this on his website http://aroundtheworldin80jobs.com/ for the last two years. Last month, a global HR firm Adecco launched a campaign with the same name. According to Barr, they even went so far as to hire an actor who looked very similar to him to be the spokesperson.