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COURTNEY CALDWELL |
Courtney Caldwell is the founder, publisher and editor-in chief of ROAD & TRAVEL Magazine. Inspired by her vision in 1988 to empower women with information on automotive and travel topics from which they could make informed decisions, Caldwell started the publication to help educate consumers, give women a voice in each industry, and to create awareness among industry leaders about the growing women's market. Caldwell also serves as executive producer and host of RTM's International Car of the Year Awards held in Detroit each January. She is also a spokesperson and consumer education specialist on travel, auto and personal safety topics. [Press kit] |
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DENISE MCCLUGGAGE |
Like the man surprised to learn he had been speaking prose all his life, Denise McCluggage is surprised to find she has been a pioneer. She just thought she was doing things she liked to do- among them drive fast cars and write about those who drove even faster cars. Denise reviews European cars for RTM and was recently named RTM's International Editor. She also contribute's to RTMs travel advice section. She was involved at the inception of Competition Press (now AutoWeek) for which she is a columnist and is senior-contributing editor.
Denise was named and honored as RTMs first Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in 2004. [READ]
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ANN JOB |
Award-winning journalist, Ann Job, was the first female national auto writer for The Associated Press and among the first women to cover the Detroit auto beat in the early '80s. She worked as an auto writer at The Detroit News, auto editor at the Detroit Free Press and executive business editor at The Detroit News. She also has written freelance stories for Car & Driver, AutoWeek, Cosmo and a host of newspapers. Ann won a UPI spot news reporting award for her coverage of GM's then-new Saturn auto company in '85. She also won the Ken W. Purdy Award in 1987 for excellence in auto journalism for her work on an investigative series about sudden acceleration. She served as Consumer Editor at MSN's Carpoint website and is currently the AP's test driver of new vehicles. |
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BOB PLUNKETT |
Bob Plunkett is a veteran automotive reporter whose articles have appeared in industry and consumer magazines for 25 years. He currently produces syndicated automotive reports published weekly in more than 100 newspapers across America, putting the reader in the driver's seat for a hands-on feel of a vehicle. An adventurer, Plunkett has raced cars, scaled mountains, dived with sharks and ran across entire countries to research his articles. For the decade of the 1980s he reported on automotive subjects for an Arkansas newspaper, and during this time wrote speeches for a young Arkansas governor, Bill Clinton. Today, Plunkett still writes from his Arkansas home, but he travels extensively, crisscrossing the globe to drive new cars. |
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JEFF VOTH |
Jeff Voth interest in cars ranges from the muscle cars of the 60’s and 70’s, to the flamboyant and overpriced automobiles of the 80's, to the technologically sophisticated vehicles of today. He currently nurtures this passion as the editor-in-chief of CarNews Media. Jeff's automotive and travel reviews are published weekly and enjoyed by over 15 million readers in the U.S. and Canada.
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STEVE SILER |
| Steve Siler’s first word was not “Ma-ma” or “Da-da,” but rather “Car.” Indeed, Los Angeles native Steve Siler can truly claim to be a lifelong car-lover, his obsession leaving him no choice but to pursue a career in automotive journalism. With hopes of infecting his readers with a measure of his own automotive enthusiasm, Siler hits the road for the 10th straight year for ROAD & TRAVEL Magazine to bring you first-hand experience of incredible four-wheeled machines that virtually anybody can get excited about. . |
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ICOTY JUDGES |
| Road & Travel Magazine produces the International Car of the Year Awards (ICOTY) every January on the Saturday evening prior to the North American International Auto Show. The black-tie event, held at the Detroit Marriott, has become the largest auto awards show produced by a magazine in the industry and has become known as the kick-off event of the week. There, automakers are honored in 11 categories for outstanding new products in the new model year, each of which were voted upon by ICOTY's 12 distinguished judges. |
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KAREN SCHALER |
Karen Schaler, is a two-time Emmy Award-Winning travel writer published in The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, U.S. Airways, Hemispheres, Go Magazine and Food & Life. She specializes in luxury and adventure travel and has explored more than 25 countries. Karen’s also an accomplished television reporter having worked at CNN in Washington, D.C., and network affiliates in Boston, Dallas and Phoenix. [Karen's Website]
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AMANDA CASTLEMAN |
Amanda Castleman, RTM's European travel editor, has lived in England, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. Her features have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, Italy Daily, the UK's Daily Mail, MSNBC, Wired, Salon, Time Out, The Athens News, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and on the BBC. Her Adventure Guide to Rome is out in winter 2005. She also teaches travel journalism through Writers.com. [Amanda's Website]
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TOM WUCKOVICH |
Tom Wuckovich is the Senior Editor for AAA Going Places Magazine, a 2.3-million circulation travel magazine for AAA members in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. He has been a member of the Society of American Travel Writers since 1982 and contributes articles to a number of other publications in the U.S. and Canada. He has won several top awards for his writing from the Florida Magazine Association and is frequently asked to speak to groups and associations on travel and tourism. His favorite places to travel are the Caribbean and Europe. He is also an excellent photographer.
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BEN LYONS |
Ben Lyons, RTM's cruise line correspondent, is a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy and has served as a deck officer on both cargo and cruise ships. Having been fascinated with ships since he was 5, Ben spends up to 8 months a year at sea working and traveling and has gone on more than 30 cruises and visited well over 100 different ships. He has written for magazines such as Cruise Travel and Porthole and contributes frequently to various guidebooks, internet sites and magazines in the US, Australia and the UK.
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SUSAN VAN ALLEN |
Susan Van Allen, a Los Angeles based writer, has written for the sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond” and about her travels for National Public Radio’s “Savvy Traveler,” CNN.com, newspapers and magazines.
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SUSAN McKEE |
Susan McKee is an independent scholar and freelance journalist specializing in history, culture and travel. Susan honed her craft as a general assignment reporter for more than a decade at
a major metropolitan daily newspaper before fleeing corporate journalism for the
peripatetic life of a freelancer. Indianapolis is her current homebase. [Susan's Website]
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