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Contact: WriterNewbern@gmail.com

 

MAGAZINES PUBLISHED IN: AAA Home and Away, AAA GO (NC/SC), AAA Journeys, AAA Midwest, AAA Southern Traveler, Attractions, BLU (Sea Dream magazine) Bonaire Nights, Boom!, Carolina Bride, Carolina Fairways, Carolina Style, Carolina Traveler, Chesapeake Family, Compass (Holland America), Cunard Passages, Destination Magazine, Destinations of the World, encore MAGAZINE (NC) Freestyle Cruiser (Norwegian), Global Traveler USA, Healthy Lifestyles and Spas, Healing Retreats and Spas, Inside NASCAR, Insight on the News, Islands, Jacksonville (FL) Luxury Living Magazine, Jetsetter Magazine, Meridian Magazine (Midway Airlines), Our State Magazine (NC), Radisson Seven Seas Style, Scuba Diving, Sport Diver, Reunions, SouthPark Magazine (NC), The International Indian, Triangle Lifestyle Magazine (NC), Seabourn Club Herald, Sunseeker (Allegiant Air), Tampa Bay Magazine, The Explorer (Orient Lines), Unfold Magazine, Via Nova Destinations, Waves (P&O Cruises), Windstar Sophisticate

 

NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN: The Beacon Journal (Akron, OH); The Boston Herald (MA), The Charlotte )N) Observer, The Cincinnati Enquirer (OH), The Cleveland Plain-Dealer (OH); The Daily Herald (IL), The Herald-Sun (NC), The Honolulu Advertiser, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, The Outer Banks Advance, The News & Observer (NC), Morning Star (NH) The Washington Times (DC),

 

BLOGS/GUIDES FEATURED ON: America's Bride, 40plustravelandleisure.com, etravelplan.com, GEO Parent, She Knows, Grandparents.com, Holland America, Mobil Travel Guides, Outer Banks NC, Professional Travel Guide, SouthernTravelNews,

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NEWSLETTERS: Renaissance Cruises Journal, Pirates Cove Insider (NC)

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MEET KATHY

Kathy Newbern of Raleigh, NC worked alongside her photographer/writer husband J.S. Fletcher to produce travel stories and photos on assignment since 1994 for magazines, newspapers, radio and online. They specialized in spas, cruising, romantic and luxury destinations, Southeast U.S., family travel and adventure travel.

 

They visited every continent; climbed the Great Wall of China and Cape Horn; Kathy climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge, and Fletcher braved a Pyramid burial chamber. They explored 76 countries and reported on 61 cruises.

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In addition to writing travel they operated their own personalized romance novel business from 1992 until 2024 and operated YourSpaReport before its closure in 2025.

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AWARDS: 140 awards 2007-2020 for website, on-air broadcast, travel writing, photography and videography including Best Single Destination 2016 (Kinston, NC), Best Overall for 2014 and 2013 from the Eastern Caribbean Chapter, Society of American Travel Writers (SATW)

 

Regular contributor for:

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  • Luxury lifestyle site for the 40+ traveler  GettingOnTravel

  • LuxuryTravelMagazine.com

  • VoyagesMagazine.com, cruise correspondent

  • Northstar Travel Group/travel42.com, cruise ship reviewer

  • Porthole cruise magazine

  • SouthernTravelNews.com

  • The Cincinnati Enquirer travel section

  • The News & Observer travel section

  • The Washington Times travel section

  • The International Indian magazine

  • AAA Home & Away

  • AAA Go

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