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La Carmina journalist portfolio, freelance writing clips. Travel, culture & food writer, freelancer journalism articles.

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Award-winning author and journalist La Carmina runs the leading alternative culture and travel blog (www.lacarmina.com/blog), which won “Best Blog of the Year” and was featured by the New York Times, BBC, Washington Post, New Yorker, Vogue, and more (see media citations). Her journalism received a Bronze prize from the SATW (Society of American Travel Writers) in 2020. Carmina is the author of multiple books (published by Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster), and appears on travel TV shows worldwide (Bizarre Foods, World’s Weirdest Restaurants, No Reservations, Taboo, Oddities, The Doctors, Today Show, NHK Japan, and more). 

As a professional freelance journalist, La Carmina contributes to Travel & Leisure print magazine, The New York Times, National Geographic, CNN, Time Magazine, Eater, Fodor’s, Business Insider, Sunday Times, Huffington Post, AFAR, Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, BBC, and various in-flight magazines (Hong Kong Airlines, Aeromexico). She has spoken at global tourism conferences (World Tourism Forum Turkey, Experience Romania, Social Media Week Hong Kong), and managed dozens of freelancers / wrote over 600 travel articles for Google’s Touring Bird site. La Carmina is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Law School. 

Selection of travel / food / culture journalism: (see more clips further down)

Fodors: Traveling in Brazil with Elizabeth Wurtzel: https://www.fodors.com/world/south-america/brazil/experiences/news/i-traveled-to-brazil-with-author-elizabeth-wurtzel-heres-everything-she-taught-me (This won the SATW award) 
– Travel + Leisure print mag: https://www.travelandleisure.com/fukushima-sake-breweries-8542445 
AFAR: A Valencian chef’s quest to bring the Denia prawn to the US – https://www.afar.com/magazine/a-spanish-chefs-quest-to-bring-the-denia-prawn-to-the-us
National Geographic: Asia hell parks: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/buddhist-hell-parks-asia
Time Magazinehttps://time.com/collection/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079291/osaka-japan/
– Eater: https://www.eater.com/23668554/tohoku-japan-fukushima-guide-best-restaurants-wagyu-sake and Osaka takoyaki guide

Social Media: Find LaCarmina on Instagram (@lacarmina), and Facebook.
Email / Contact: gothiccarmina att gmail dottcomm

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La Carmina freelance writer articles, professional journalist portfolio, magazine writing clips:

Simon & Schuster author page: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Little-Book-of-Satanism/La-Carmina/9781646044221
Penguin Random House book author page: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2011129/la-carmina
Portfolio of Writing Samples: https://muckrack.com/la-carmina

– The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/style/tiny-modern-love-stories-i-never-saw-my-parents-kiss.html
– Travel + Leisure print magazine: https://www.travelandleisure.com/fukushima-sake-breweries-8542445
National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/buddhist-hell-parks-asia
Fodor’s Travelhttps://www.fodors.com/world/south-america/brazil/experiences/news/i-traveled-to-brazil-with-author-elizabeth-wurtzel-heres-everything-she-taught-me (this won the SATW journalism award) + see all articles at https://www.fodors.com/news/author/lacarmina
Eater: https://www.eater.com/23668554/tohoku-japan-fukushima-guide-best-restaurants-wagyu-sake + https://www.eater.com/24092826/takoyaki-osaka-japan-street-food-dotonbori-octopus
TravelAge West: https://www.travelagewest.com/Travel/USA-Canada/las-vegas-immersive-art
Architectural Digest: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/contributor/la-carmina
Time Magazine: https://time.com/collection/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079291/osaka-japan/
AFAR Media: https://www.afar.com/magazine/a-spanish-chefs-quest-to-bring-the-denia-prawn-to-the-us
– The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/la-carmina
Business Insiderhttps://www.businessinsider.com/author/la-carmina
Huffington Post: https://www.huffpost.com/author/gothiccarmina-224
– CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/01/10/trips.for.every.traveler/index.html
House Beautiful: https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/a36355034/japanese-zen-design/
– Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/buyside/travel/beach-essentials-f286be14
– Yahoo: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fukushima-japans-capital-sake-best-042709031.html
– The Observer: https://observer.com/author/la-carmina/
– Going: https://www.going.com/guides/shirakawa-go-japan + https://www.going.com/guides/osaka-japan
– Japan Tourism Board: https://www.japan.travel/en/ca/travellers-blog/la-carminas-guide-to-hello-kitty-attractions-in-japan/
Sleep.comhttps://www.sleep.com/blog/author/la-carmina
Home in Canada national print magazine: https://athomeincanada.ca/author/la-carmina/
Roadtrippers Magazine: https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/author/la-carmina
Tricycle Magazine, the Buddhist review journal: https://tricycle.org/author/lacarmina/
Brides Magazinehttps://www.brides.com/la-carmina-5073129
Tripsavvyhttps://www.tripsavvy.com/la-carmina-5076875
Oyster / Smarter Travel: https://www.oyster.com/articles/worlds-weirdest-theme-restaurants/
Budget Travel (Lonely Planet): https://www.budgettravel.com/article/visit-the-6-most-stunning-japanese-gardens-in-america

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La Carmina has been profiled by major media (NY Times, Forbes, Vogue, Washington Post, LA Times, Conde Nast Traveller) — see her media / press clippings and magazine covers here.

Contact her at gothiccarmina – attt – gmail – dotcom

Instagramwww.instagram.com/lacarmina #lacarmina @lacarmina

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