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Teresa Bitler

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Covers:  General travel, history, culture, food/wine, luxury, and adventure.
Doesn't Cover: Finance and real estate
Freelance writer specializing in travel, finance, and real estate articles

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Teresa Bitler’s Biography

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Teresa Bitler is a Phoenix-based freelance travel writer specializing in history, culture, food, and drink. She has 15+ years of professional experience and covers regional, domestic, and international destinations. Her byline has appeared in dozens of outlets, including National Geographic Traveler, Saturday Evening Post, Shondaland, TripSavvy, Sherman's Travel, AAA publications, Wine Enthusiast, Global Traveler, Wander with Wonder, and Allegiant Air's inflight magazine.

Teresa Bitler’s Journalist Portfolio

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Revolutionary Roots in Virginia's Historic Triangle | The Saturday Evening Post

Revolutionary Roots in Virginia's Historic Triangle | The Saturday Evening Post

Learn about our nation's birth through diverse voices.

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One Day in Sedona

One Day in Sedona

Here's how to make the most out of 24 hours in Sedona.

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Discovering the Concept of "Quiet Adventure" in Alaska | The Saturday Evening Post

Discovering the Concept of "Quiet Adventure" in Alaska | The Saturday Evening Post

Artist Rockwell Kent sought solitude in the wilderness of Alaska. One hundred years later, writer Teresa Bitl…

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Christmas Classic "I Want a Hippopotamus" Turns 70 This Year | The Saturday Evening Post

Christmas Classic "I Want a Hippopotamus" Turns 70 This Year | The Saturday Evening Post

One little girl's charming song led to a campaign funded by children's pocket change to bring a hippo to the …

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Visiting Las Vegas with Adult Children

Visiting Las Vegas with Adult Children

Plan a fun trip to Las Vegas with adult children that offers something for everyone. Read on for what you mus…

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Ultimate Guide to 2 Days in Oklahoma City

Ultimate Guide to 2 Days in Oklahoma City

With so much to see and do in Oklahoma City, squeezing everything into two days will be hard. Read on for our…

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Articles

Indiana’s Amish Are Conservative Christian Capitalists. Go Visit Some of America’s Friendliest People

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By Teresa Bitler Verified, David DeVoss Verified
| East/West News Service
Pop culture portrays the Amish community as a living time capsule, a throwback to a simpler time, and to an extent, that’s accurate. Many Amish drive horse-drawn buggies instead of automobiles, play board games instead of PlayStation and meet face-to-face instead of texting. They set themselves apart from the English—anyone who is not Amish—with their plain dress of suspenders and broad hats for men and solid-colored dresses and bonnets for women.
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Bessie Smith: The Empress of Blues

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By Teresa Bitler Verified
| Saturday Evening Post Magazine Verified
In the 1920s, Bessie Smith reigned in the Black entertainment world as the Empress of Blues. Fans packed theaters to standing-room-only capacity to hear her sing, and those without seats filled the street outside waiting for the second show. At the height of her career, she earned $2,000 per week (nearly $38,000 per week today) and recorded with the likes of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.
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The Woman Who Saved America’s Past

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| Saturday Evening Post Magazine Verified
You may not know the name Dana Hudkins Crawford, but there’s a good chance she’s had an impact on your community. From the early 1960s until her death in January 2025, she helped transform over 1 million square feet of Denver’s most neglected neighborhoods and sparked a national interest in historic preservation. Some argue that without Crawford’s intervention, America might have lost the heart and soul of its downtowns.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Intern at The Orange Coast Daily Pilot in Southern California

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I learned how to type on a manual typewriter in high school but was using computers by the time I got to college.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Fletch

Awards

Socity of American Travel Writers

2014 - Gold - Online, Western Chapter

Travel Classics International

2022 - Best Article on Switzerland

Best article on Switzerland produced as a result of the Travel Classics International Conference 2022. Article was published online at Shondaland.com.