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1. Roni Weiss added a comment on The privilege of place: diversity and cultural representation in travel writing
   I guess that is what I meant by "POC perspective": something that is clearly written by a POC. Are (mainstream) editors taking advantage of writers' different personal cultural histories, or do they a…
   Jan 22 2015
2. Roni Weiss added a comment on The privilege of place: diversity and cultural representation in travel writing
   I know that this is a panel about travel writing, but since there are such vociferous, intelligent people involved in this conversation, I'm wondering if I could get the panel/community's perspectives…
   Jan 22 2015
3. Roni Weiss added a comment on The privilege of place: diversity and cultural representation in travel writing
   Sorry to derail this, but I wanted to pass along info on a tragedy that is now an Editor's note on that Daily Beast piece: Editor's note: On January 16, at least 10 members of Nomadness Travel Tribe w…
   Jan 21 2015
4. Roni Weiss added a comment on The privilege of place: diversity and cultural representation in travel writing
   Connecting to this: One issue that we are considering for a discussion as part of the Travel Unity Summit is asking journalists to talk about what is preventing mainstream outlets from sharing more st…
   Jan 21 2015
5. Roni Weiss added a comment on The privilege of place: diversity and cultural representation in travel writing
   Would you be comfortable giving some more concrete examples of where you see this happening?
   Jan 21 2015
6. Roni Weiss added a comment on Could there ever be a place for captive dolphin shows in responsible tourism?
   The author doesn't give any credence to counter-arguments. Not that one needs to, but I find the headline being phrased as a question to be a mislead.
   Jun 16 2014
7. Roni Weiss added a comment on Could there ever be a place for captive dolphin shows in responsible tourism?
   Why set this up as a question, headline-wise?
   Jun 16 2014
8. Roni Weiss added a comment on
   What do you mean by 'curated'? As for what happens after a chat: It's OK for a snowflake to melt.
   Jun 16 2014