Chris Christensen

I am the creator of https://AmateurTraveler.com which is an award winning online travel podcast / blog that focuses primarily on travel destinations. It includes a weekly audio podcast and a blog. Amateur Traveler started in 2005 and they use the Amateur Traveler podcast to teach English at Oxford University and to test English proficiency for employment with the Thailand Foreign Ministry.

Also the creator of the https://CaliforniaTravelMedia.com blog about California destinations.

I worked for years in technology startups in Silicon Valley. I was formerly the Director of Engineering for TripAdvisor's New Initiatives group and was the EVP Engineering at LiveWorld where his team built and ran online communities and events for companies including eBay, HBO, TV Guide, Expedia, Marriott, A&E, History Channel, the NBA, NBC, ABC, Disney, Microsoft, WebTV and American Express. I also created BloggerBridge.com which connects bloggers and companies.

I have won a Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), 5 North America Travel Journalism Association (NATJA) awards and was called the "Best Independent Travel Journalist" by Travel & Leisure Magazine in their annual SMITTY Awards.

I am always looking for pitches for Amateur Traveler podcasts (see https://AmateurTraveler.com/pitch.me) and guest posts (https://amateurtraveler.com/guest-post-guidelines/)