Reykjavík, Iceland
National Geographic Traveler, Islands, Travel + Leisure, and Afar magazines are top media winners in the 2014 Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Foundation 30th Annual Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition.
The competition, based on work published between spring 2013 and spring 2014, drew 1,177 entries and was judged by the faculty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
For the third time in the 30 years of the contest, Jill Schensul, a prolific writer for The Record of northern New Jersey, is the Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year. Since 1995, Schensul has won 36 Lowell Thomas awards for herself and her newspaper.
Also honored for Grand Award travel portfolios were Skye Mayring of TravelAge West, Brian J. Cantwell of The Seattle Times and Beth J. Harpaz of the Associated Press.
