Profile Details

Contact Info

Contact Name:

Peter Johansen

City:

Ottawa

About

Website:

http://

Membership Level:

Media

About Me:

I'm the Ottawa Correspondent for OpenJaw, a leading daily newsletter for Canadian travel agents, and "The Curious Trekker," an experiential travel columnist for Fifty-Five Plus, a magazine serving 300,000 readers across the Canadian province of Ontario. That means I write for both the consumer and travel trade markets--and am darned happy to do so. I also frequently write culinary travel features for Taste & Travel International. Work for other publications--from the Ottawa Citizen and Toronto Star newspapers to the United Church Observer and Troy Media syndicate--has nabbed NATJA awards over the years. It's been a pleasure to judge travel-writing competitions for Destination Canada, Ottawa Tourism and the Travel Media Association of Canada. I recently retired from a four-decade teaching career at the Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication, Canada's oldest j-school. Among my favorite travel destinations are the Shetland Islands, Rajasthan and Buenos Aires--but, really, there's so much more to explore.

Specialties:

Canadian, culinary, seniors travel, northeast US, learning travel, travel industry news

Outlets:

Fifty-Five Plus Magazine. OpenJaw. Taste & Travel International. Ottawa Road Trips.

Professional Affiliations:

North American Travel Journalists Association
Travel Massive (co-leader, Ottawa-Gatineau chapter)

Facebook Link:

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My Recent Work

Article 1 - Title:

Safe Enough Even for Me

Article 1 - Publication Name:

Bounder Magazine

Article 1 - Link:

http://content.yudu.com/Library/A3wqkf/BounderFall2015/resources/18.htm

Article 2 - Title:

Helen Keller's birthplace stirs the senses

Article 2 - Publication Name:

Troy Media

Article 2 - Link:

http://www.troymedia.com/2015/01/08/helen-kellers-birthplace-stirs-the-senses/

Article 3 - Title:

Up the Creek with a Paddle

Article 3 - Publication Name:

Fifty-Five Plus

Article 3 - Link:

https://www.fifty-five-plus.com/blog/up-the-creek-with-a-paddle/

Article 4 - Title:

Camels and Karma

Article 4 - Publication Name:

The United Church Observer

Article 4 - Link:

http://ucobserver.org/features/2014/02/camels/

Article 5 - Title:

Chittenango, NY, museum focuses on all things Oz

Article 5 - Publication Name:

Ottawa Road Trips

Article 5 - Link:

http://ottawaroadtrips.com/2019/05/14/baum-oz-museum-chittenango-new-york/

Article 6 - Title:

Fascination & Horror On A Visit To Ukraine’s Chernobyl

Article 6 - Publication Name:

OpenJaw

Article 6 - Link:

http://openjaw.com/travelblog/25/oj-on-location-in-ukraine/2

Article 7 - Title:

Gone Fish'n

Article 7 - Publication Name:

Fifty-Five Plus

Article 7 - Link:

https://console.virtualpaper.com/fifty-five-plus-magazine/marchapril-2020-ottawa/#38/