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Michael Hodson

Austin
As seen in: BBC, HuffPost, Meer, goseewrite.com
Covers:  overland travel, train journeys, luxury travel, budget travel, travel blogging, general travel, social media
Former travel blogger. Now one of the founders at the CopyMight Coalition. We're in the business of defending content creators IP rights from AI infringement.

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Michael Hodson’s Biography

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Former attorney from Northwest Arkansas that closed his practice in late 2008 to attempt to circle the world without getting on a single airplane. Sixteen months, six continents and forty-four countries later, he succeed and just kept going.

Full time traveler, writer, photographer and videographer for the last five years. Currently the President of the Professional Association of Travel Bloggers. Regular contributor at the Huffington Post and Conde Nast Traveler.

Wine lover and cigar smoker.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

For me, it means opening new frontiers, whether that be someone's mind or opening up a new location or idea to a reader.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

By email

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

All writing and editing done on a 15 inch MacBook Pro, Retina. Current camera is a Nikon D7000, with 4 lenses. Photo editing is in Lightroom.

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