Meet the Women Advocating for More Diverse Perspectives in Travel Media

Women Who Travel | Condé Nast Traveler

Condé Nast Traveler

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.4 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

“We've all vented to each other with frustration over the years, seeing that there was this resistance to expanding people's world views,” says Sarah Khan, editor-in-chief of Condé Nast Traveler Middle East, in this week's Women Who Travel episode. But last fall, Sarah—alongside branding consultant Paula Franklin, cofounder and editorial director of Fathom Jeralyn Gerba, partner at Xhibition PR Nestor Lara Baeza, and CEO of the Africa Tourism Association Naledi Khabo—launched Travel Is Better in Color, an effort to diversify the viewpoints shared by the travel industry. An Instagram and newsletter, Travel Is Better in Color highlights English-language travel writers, photographers, videographers, and more to showcase the stories being told and the work the industry can be doing to share broader perspectives on traveling today.

“These stories have existed, these voices have existed,” says Naledi. “It was just a question of amplification, or identification and amplification. And I think that we were looking to do that and to build the level of awareness.”

This week, we're joined by Sarah, Naledi, and Paula to talk about their own experiences in the travel space, the impetus for Travel Is Better in Color, and how the travel industry and publications can champion a diverse mix of storytelling long term.

Find a full transcription of the episode here: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/meet-the-women-advocating-for-more-diverse-perspectives-in-travel-media-women-who-travel-podcast

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone, and welcome to Women Who Travel, a podcast from Connie Nass Traveler.
0:07.8	I'm Meredith Carey and with me as always.
0:09.7	It's my co-host, Lala Eric Koglu.
0:11.5	Hello.
0:12.3	This week, we're talking to three of the five founders of Travel is Better in Color,
0:15.7	a group dedicated to amplifying the diverse experiences of travel writers, photographers, and content
0:20.6	creators in an effort to show how featuring varied voices shares a fuller picture of the world to amplifying the diverse experiences of travel writers, photographers, and content creators
0:20.9	in an effort to show how featuring varied voices shares a fuller picture of the world
0:25.1	we're traveling in today.
0:26.7	Joining us, our editor-in-chief of Kahnianast Traveler Middle East, Sarakhan,
0:30.7	branding consultant Paula Franklin and Noletti Cabo, CEO of the Africa Tourism Association.
0:36.3	Thank you all for coming with us to chat.
0:38.4	Thank you for having us. Thank you. So how did each of you get involved in travel professionally
0:44.5	in the first place? Well, I can start because I sort of accidentally ended up there. My background
0:51.0	is management consulting and digital marketing and I actually went into a consulting
0:56.4	gig for an organization that deals with Africa and U.S. investment.
1:02.3	And after doing some marketing work for them, they had acquired a tourism association and asked me
1:10.0	to do some due diligence. And so that due diligence
1:13.0	led to my current role and along the way rebranded the organization. And so I sort of fell into it
1:19.6	by accident a few years ago. And then I met Paula by chance during that process. And that's sort of how
1:26.0	I got involved with travel is better in color.
1:28.8	And Paula, how did you get into travel?
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