Profile Details

Contact Info

Contact Name:

Peter Johansen

City:

Ottawa

About

Website:

http://

Membership Level:

Media

About Me:

Since wrapping up a 39-year career teaching journalism at Carleton University, Canada's oldest and largest journalism school, I have written for a variety of key Canadian outlets, including the Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Inns Magazine, TAPS magazine, Toronto Star, The United Church Observer, Taste & Travel International, Canadian Geographic Travel, and urbanexpressions.ca. I've also written for National Geographic Traveler, Ziptopia and YPPlaylist.ca. On the travel trade side, I'm Ottawa correspondent for openjaw.com, a daily e-letter for travel agents. I've been honoured with several gold medals from the NATJA awards program and an outstanding achievement award from the Travel Media Association of Canada. I've judged the Northern Lights Awards, the annual North American travel writing program sponsored by the Canadian Tourism Commission, and still judge the annual Ottawa Tourism travel journalism competition. I specialize in cultural/historical stories, offbeat travel, soft adventure, culinary travel, learning vacations, craft beer writing, and general destination pieces -- and I enthusiastically welcome expressions of interest from CVBs across North America and abroad.

Specialties:

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

Outlets:

Taste & Travel International, Inns Magazine, Open Jaw, Fifty-Five Plus, TAPS: The Beer Magazine, YP Playlist

Professional Affiliations:

Travel Media Association of Canada, North American Travel Journalists Association

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:

A feast in Petite-Nation

Article 3 - Publication Name:

Urban Expressions

Article 3 - Link:

http://montrealgazette.com/life/urban-expressions/daytripping-a-feast-in-petite-nation-awaits

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:

To Lake Placid for a winter escape

Article 5 - Publication Name:

Ottawa Citizen

Article 5 - Link:

http://ottawacitizen.com/travel/daytripping-to-lake-placid