Re-imagining Travel Journalism
While quarantine has had most of us pretty home-bound, there’s no reason we can’t look ahead to the future. Travel journalism has always played a role in helping people learn about places to visit and prepare their journeys, but does it really “work” as well for the audience as it could? In this project, we’ll consider what people really need from travel journalism and how it could be made more useful for its audience.
This project is adaptable based on the backgrounds and skills of the team which is assembled. Generally, by the end of the quarter, the team will create concept pitches for 1-3 concepts for innovation in travel journalism, substantiated by research and testing with prospective users. At a minimum, the pitches will describe the needs unearthed during research and features of the proposed concept which meet those needs. Artifacts might include user journey maps, storyboards, rough interface designs, or partially functioning prototypes.