Amanda Castleman

Location: Seattle, WA, United States

Member Since: 8 November 2002

Professional Associations

 Travelwriters.com

 Society of Professional Journalists

Experience & Expertise

Amanda Castleman is an award-winning freelance journalist, specialising in travel, the environment and women’s issues. Her features have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, Italy Daily, the UK’s Daily Mail, Wired, Salon, Time Out and on the BBC. She has also worked as an editor, staff writer, graphic and web designer.

Amanda is American by birth, but left Seattle eight years ago for Europe. She lived on a traditional narrowboat, moored on the Oxford Canal in England. She also spent two years swilling espresso in Italy, as a Visiting Writer at the American Academy in Rome. In 2003, she ranged farther afield to Greece, Cyprus and Turkey.

She reports and edits for The Athens News, Greece’s English-language newspaper. As European Travel Editor, she writes a column for American Woman Road and Travel. Amanda has contributed to several guide books, including Time Out Athens, Rome in Detail, the AA Guide to Rome and Where to Eat and Stay in France (DK Eyewitness 2004). She is currently drafting the Adventure Guide to Rome (Hunter 2005).

Publishing Credentials

Daily Mail,The International Herald Tribune's Italy Daily, Wired Magazine, Wired News, Time Out Athens, BBC Thames Valley FM, Salon Magazine, MSN Underwire, Oxford Times, Oxford Mail, Gist, The Daily (Seattle), Cotswold Life, Corriere della Sera, The International Examiner, MS Magazine, Cnet, Adbusters, Bitch, Northwest Travel, Aspen Daily News, Outdoor West, Business and Marketing Management, eMedia, Red Group, Efemera, Fresh Direction, Wanted in Rome, Continental Drift.

Awards Received

Columbia Scholastic Press Association – Golden Circle Awards First Place Award in In-depth News/Feature Writing Third Place Award in Feature Photography First Place Design Award in News Publication Single Subject Presentation First Place Design Award in Newspaper Publication Photo Layout Pacemaker Award (for top five student newspapers in America) First-place In-depth Reporting, Society of Professional Journalists, West Coast Skills