Today, we're speaking with Lale Arikoglu, the Director of Special Projects at Condé Nast Traveler and the host of its award-winning podcast, Women Who Travel.
Lale's ten-year career with Condé Nast Traveler has taken her from horseback riding in Patagonia and hiking in the Andes to sailing down the Amazon River, chasing the Iditarod in Alaska, and clubbing in Kosovo.
In her work, Lale investigates the ways travel intersects with style, food, music, nightlife, identity, and politics.
She has also assigned and edited a number of my stories for Condé Nast, and it's a special pleasure to bring this conversation to you.
If you’re interested in working with Condé Nast, don’t miss this episode:
Lale gives tips on how to pitch her, what she looks for in the pitch, and how the current moment informs the types of stories she’s looking to champion at the magazine.
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Listen to the Episode
What you’ll hear:
- What fuels Lale's reporting right now
- What it was like for Lale crossing borders with her Turkish father
- How Lale sees our show’s concept: travel through a decolonial lens
- Inside the editors' room: borders, visa equity, and the privilege of travel
- What Lale learned from interviewing women like Tracee Ellis Ross
- Lale's tips on how to pitch Condé Nast Traveler
- Lale answers our listeners' questions
Women Who Travel
Hosting an award-winning podcast by Condé Nast
In addition to assigning and editing stories, Lale hosts Women Who Travel, the award-winning weekly podcast by Condé Nast Traveler.
On it, Lale interviews female-identifying guests about their most unique travel tales. Her past guests included Brooke Shields and Tracee Ellis Ross.
Listen to this Women Who Travel episode where Lale interviewed Yulia.
Check out our interview on YouTube →
• Follow Lale on Instagram: @lalehannah
• Read Lale's Istanbul article, In Charismatic Istanbul, the Past Still Shapes the Present
• Read one of Yulia's articles edited by Lale
• Check out CNT pitching guidelines
• Send in your message for our Community Voices episode
"You don't have to have traveled all over the world to get published in Condé Nast Traveler." – Lale Arikoglu
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