#11: A conversation with New York Times Travel Editor Amy Virshup

The Better Travel Podcast

This week, New York Times Travel Editor Amy Virshup joins the show to talk about managing the paper’s travel coverage during the pandemic. She shares how the NYT’s signature 52 Places List is going to look different in 2022, and describes what the future might hold for the paper’s much-loved 36 Hours series.

Amy also describes how she’s developed a new relationship with her readers during the pandemic, and explains the NYT policy of not working with travel writers who accept free trips. She wraps up by telling us what she’s looking for in pitches from journalists for next year.

Are you a reader of New York Times Travel? What have you thought of the section’s coverage during the pandemic? I’d love to hear your thoughts and hope you’ll share by sending me a voice message.

Thanks so much for listening and have a great week!

NYT articles mentioned in the show

52 Places to Love in 2021

52 Places, Virtually (unlocked)

Paris on Foot: 35 Miles, 6 Days and One Blistered Toe (unlocked)

Hunting for the Real Pasta all’Amatriciana (unlocked)

What to Do This Summer: Chapel Hill, N.C. (unlocked)

36 Hours in … Wherever You Are? (unlocked)

NYT Travel’s 36 Hours series