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Working Wednesdays: 10 Reasons Why Travel Blogs Are Better Than Printed Travel Media

Posted on June 3, 2015August 21, 2017 by Jonny Blair

“I read the news today oh boy” – The Beatles Working Wednesdays returned with a flourish last week and I’m getting my head round more wacky job related experiences and opinions these days. When I first studied Journalism back in 1997 in Belfast City, travel blogs may have existed, but they certainly were not widespread, Read more about Working Wednesdays: 10 Reasons Why Travel Blogs Are Better Than Printed Travel Media[…]

Working Wednesdays: Welcome Host for Internations in Hong Kong

Posted on May 27, 2015June 3, 2015 by Jonny Blair

It’s been a while since I did a Working Wednesdays feature on here, and while I have dozens more jobs to write about, I’ll be posting a few more of them in due course when I feel like it. After relocating to Hong Kong in 2011, I signed up with Internations. If you don’t already Read more about Working Wednesdays: Welcome Host for Internations in Hong Kong[…]

Working Wednesdays: Creating Your Own Travel Blog

Posted on July 9, 2014July 1, 2017 by Jonny Blair

The travel industry can end up becoming a lifestyle business for you if you manage to do things right. One way that you could potentially combine a passion for travel and new experiences with a flair for writing, is to create your own travel blog. There are some really excellent sites already out there on Read more about Working Wednesdays: Creating Your Own Travel Blog[…]

Working Wednesdays: My Backpacking Trips on Yonderbound – Everyone Has the Right To Travel

Posted on April 2, 2014May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

It’s a double Working Wednesdays today on Don’t Stop Living (is that a “double A-side”?), as life has been busy the last few months so I’m catching up on stuff. I recently came across a cool new site called Yonderbound. It’s a cool, free to use travel site which allows you to plan, prepare and Read more about Working Wednesdays: My Backpacking Trips on Yonderbound – Everyone Has the Right To Travel[…]

Working Wednesdays: Feature in the Ards Chronicle, Newtownards, Northern Ireland

Posted on April 2, 2014May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

This week has been a really, really busy one in my travel lifestyle. Last week I got a tweet out of the blue from a journalist from my birthtown of Newtownards. She writes for the Newtownards Chronicle, a weekly paper which oddly I once worked with the sister company/newspaper while doing my media course in Read more about Working Wednesdays: Feature in the Ards Chronicle, Newtownards, Northern Ireland[…]

Working Wednesdays: A Tribute to My Friends and Heroes of PJs Parramatta, Australia

Posted on March 12, 2014May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

“If you really want more shout it out louder” – Usher. OK so before I launch into a tribute, the story begins, and this one needs a bit of an introduction. Even those that once worked with me in PJ Gallagher’s Irish PubI’m not sure I’ve told it all before in this much detail on Read more about Working Wednesdays: A Tribute to My Friends and Heroes of PJs Parramatta, Australia[…]

Working Wednesdays: Barman at Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre, England

Posted on February 26, 2014November 28, 2021 by Jonny Blair

I admit my working Wednesdays series is months behind – I was writing so much stuff recently about travel that I neglected my usual regular features and lifestyle posts. My return to the town of Bournemouth after a 5 year absence recently made me think of my time there working as a barman in Bournemouth Read more about Working Wednesdays: Barman at Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre, England[…]

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Working Wednesdays: Travel Podcast in front of a room full of backpackers in Yerevan, Armenia

Posted on February 19, 2014January 7, 2021 by Jonny Blair

It’s been quite a crazy year for me but not just travel, the amount of side projects I’ve been involved with. In the past year, I’ve worked with the BBC, Vadovia (iPad app), Asia Rooms, Wanderlust and the County Down Spectator (newspaper in my hometown). But a recent highlight was the time I took part Read more about Working Wednesdays: Travel Podcast in front of a room full of backpackers in Yerevan, Armenia[…]