The Traveler's Journal - About our host Dave Bear

About David Bear - The Traveler's Journal

David Bear is the creative force behind THE TRAVELER’S JOURNAL, the series of “audio postcards” heard daily for a decade on public radio stations across the country. Bear has spent much of his professional life as a writer and traveler, and he has extensive experience in marketing communications and public relations, particularly in the retail travel industry.

Travel editor for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from 1998 through 2008, Bear's award-winning travel articles have appeared in newspapers across the U.S. He also pioneered the Post-Gazette's podcasting efforts. Bear is also a published novelist (Keeping Time) whose articles and short stories have appeared in numerous newspapers and national periodicals.

In addition to THE TRAVELER’S JOURNAL, Bear has also produced and hosted several public radio series, including "A Century of Heroes" for the Carnegie Hero Fund, and "Dinosaurs and More" for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Bear's eclectic resume also includes stints as a travel agent, tour guide, sales executive for a European travel company, and researcher for the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau.

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Featured Travel Articles

The Traveler's Journal programs are written and hosted by David Bear, travel editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. [Read More About Us]. Bear’s columns and articles appear regularly in numerous newspapers across North America. You can access more than 500 of these articles by scrolling these lists or using the search function to to the left.

The magic of music in Nashville
08-26-2012

For more than a century music has flowed to Nashville like rivers to the sea.

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A Song Is Born in Nashville
08-26-2012

So what do you tune your heartstrings to? SPECIAL AUDIO BONUS!!!

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A Place Apart
01-15-2012

Primland, a Virginia sporting resort, features the rustic as well as the elegant

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Bridge walk over the gorge
11-27-2011

We now can stroll over New River Gorge express 363 days a year

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We tackle Big Cedar Resort and the Bass Pro Shops
06-12-2011

Fair evaluations of a destination are difficult when the conditions are extreme.

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Watching our son shine in Santa Monica
03-31-2011

Although my evidence is personal, I suspect parental curiosity motivates many journeys

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Door-way to Cape Cod of the Midwest
07-25-2010

Peninsula in Lake Michigan makes lovely summer retreat

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Getting Gaudi in Barcelona
03-21-2010

Architect Antoni Gaudi's vision left mark on Barcelona

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At Sea in the Lap of Luxury
03-17-2010

According to the experts, when it comes to luxury at sea, the Europa is as good as it gets

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The Many Mansions of Marrakesh
01-17-2010

"Colored cottons hang in air, Charming cobras in the square, striped djellebas we can wear at home"

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Visit to the38th Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta
11-01-2009

For nine days in early October, 550 hot air balloons took flight at the 38th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta SPECIAL VIDEO FEATURE

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Naming Mount Obama - An Antiguan Adoration
08-23-2009

It is always a notable event when a politician from one nation is moved to confer such a tangible honor on a living politician from another country. Special slideshow from this event.
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Antigua, Barbuda brim with enchantment
08-23-2009

The beach is only the beginning.
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Visiting New York's High Line
06-28-2009

The Big Apple's newest vantage point is arguably the nation's most ambitious rails-to-trails project.
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Casual Anguilla harbors miles of superb beaches
06-03-2009

FLASH - Selected by The Caribbean Tourism Organization as the “Best Newspaper Feature" and "Best of Show"
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Appreciating the Pacific beaches where el Nino and la Nina come to shore
04-05-2009

Situated on the southwest coast of the Baja Peninsula near the Tropic of Cancer, the town of Todos Santos boasts half a dozen magnificently wild beaches. Watch special video
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At home on the Sea of Cortez
02-16-2009

The American Safari Quest provides an intimate experience that expands notions of luxury at sea. See special video presentation.
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We come to Bury St. Edmunds ... and to praise it
12-07-2008

Cambridge is the quintessential university town, but other attractions aplenty await visitors in the surrounding English countryside
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Where the wild things are
08-24-2008

Life is a safari for animals and humans at large wildlife preserve in Ohio. See special video presentation.
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A Shropshire sojourn
03-31-2008

To our left, a pair of perfect parabolas arched across the broad green fields, iridescent croquet hoops complete end to end with six bands of color from violet to red.
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Put hoodoos on to-do list
04-08-2007

If you're in Santa Fe or Albuquerque, check out Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks, a remarkable geological formation along Interstate 25.
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Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village pay tribute to American experience
07-23-2006

The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village bills itself as "America's Greatest History Attraction," and ranks as the nation's largest indoor-outdoor museum

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Rome in a Day
10-30-2005

One of the best ways to see a new city is in the company of a knowledgeable someone who lives there.

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Featured Travel Releases

Hotels, airlines, cruise companies, travel agencies, tour operators, adventure travel outfitters, local visitor and convention bureaus, state and national tourism offices all regularly release press information meant to promote themselves to the traveling public. Updates about big changes, special travel events, exotic trips, and everyday bargains, it is indeed news you can use.

This selection of press release information is provided by the travel supplier involved and/or its public relations representative. You can scroll through these lists (live link to press release page) or use the search box to to the left. These releases are presented here as a service to the public, and The Traveler's Journal accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or validity of any information, prices or other material in this section.

Consumer Traveler Today: May 18
05-18-2013

Consumer Traveler Today: 10 family friendly California road trips