Editor and Writer for Berliner Zeitung, which is the main daily newspaper of the German capital region. Writing regularly about travel issues, especially about nature, outdoor acitivites, culture and history. Especially interested in ecological and environmental themes. Also writing about environmental politics, nationally and internationally. Main destinations of my articles are Canada, Australia and Europe. Plan on working more often on a freelance basis for various papers in Germany. As of this fall I will be living in Canada regularly on site for researching and writing. joerg.michel@berliner-zeitung.de

Jane Armstrong is a national correspondent for The Globe and Mail’s BC bureau. Armstrong joined The Globe in 1998. She’s also reported from the other side of Canada from The Globe’s Atlantic Canada bureau in Halifax, NS. Armstrong previously worked for the Winnipeg Free Press and the Toronto Star. Her beats include crime, social justice and local Vancouver politics. jarmstrong@globeandmail.com

Margaret Swaine is the spa columnist for Reader’s Digest Best Health Magazine, a golf writer for ScoreGolf, ClubLink and Fairways magazines, the spirits & cocktails columnist for Zoomer AND the weekly wine columnist for the National Post. She also writes for Hello! Canada, Wine Access, Toronto Star, Foodservice Hospitality, Ottawa Citizen, Elle Canada and others. Her features often combine food, wine or spirits with travel, golf, ski resorts, spas or hotel reviews: James Beard at Manitou for The National Post, Chip and Sip in the Okanagan for ScoreGolf, “Five Best” lists for The Ottawa Citizen, Dan Aykroyd & wine for Where, Suds on the slopes for SkiPress.... She writes for websites such as Gault Millau’s Toronto restaurant and city reviews at Gayot.com and travel articles for TakeOffeh.

Suzanne Morphet is passionate about exploring Canada and writing about it. She knows she’d need many lifetimes to do it justice…. So with just one, she’s working hard to see and share as much as she can. Her travel stories have appeared in The Globe and Mail, up! magazine (West Jet’s in-flight magazine), Homemakers and numerous other publications. Morphet recently co-authored The Vancouver Island Book of Everything. She is based in Victoria, BC.

Kathryn Harley Haynes’s roving childhood through Great Britain, Canada and the United States was good grounding for the get-up-and-go demands of journalism and broadcasting. In her award-winning writing, Haynes captures the telling details and revealing quirks that illuminate a story, whether it’s a travel piece, business feature or personality profile. Her work has appeared in Chatelaine, En Route, Harrowsmith Country Life, Homemaker's, More, Maclean’s, Reader’s Digest and others. Haynes makes her home on the mist-shrouded coast of Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore. kathryn@harleyhaynes.ca