Wandering About Washington: Seattle
By Collin Curry
Published in Tuscaloosa Magazine Summer 2014 Issue
With its bustling port and its many hills, Seattle almost feels like a mini-San Francisco to the casual traveler. But after spending a few days in the city, visitors and tourists soon begin to recognize what a unique community Seattle, Washington really is.
Built on a narrow strip of land between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, Seattle sits in a unique location. On a clear day, residents and visitors can see the Olympic Mountains in the west, the Cascade Mountains to the east, and casting its shadow over everything is Mt. Rainier, standing a towering 14,410 feet above sea level. Even though the behemoth is approximately 85 miles away, it still makes for an imposing addition to the Seattle skyline.
Seattle’s unique geographical location is what makes it such a unique vacation destination. Visitors can go up in the Space Needle for sweeping views of the cityscape and distant peaks; they can visit the first Starbucks and watch the fish fly at Pikes Place Market; they can grab a pint at one of over 250 microbreweries in the Seattle area; or they can catch a Seattle Seahawks game and lose their hearing with the famous 12th man at Century Link Field. After all of that, if visitors get tired of life in the city, they can visit Olympic National Park, North Cascades National Park, Mt. Rainier National Park, or Mt. Saint Helens National Park. All of which are only about a three-hour drive from Seattle.
All in all, Seattle makes for a great destination for travelers, whether they are seeking a bustling city scene or the great outdoors, and contrary to popular belief, it is not always raining.
By Collin Curry
Published in Tuscaloosa Magazine Summer 2014 Issue
With its bustling port and its many hills, Seattle almost feels like a mini-San Francisco to the casual traveler. But after spending a few days in the city, visitors and tourists soon begin to recognize what a unique community Seattle, Washington really is.
Built on a narrow strip of land between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, Seattle sits in a unique location. On a clear day, residents and visitors can see the Olympic Mountains in the west, the Cascade Mountains to the east, and casting its shadow over everything is Mt. Rainier, standing a towering 14,410 feet above sea level. Even though the behemoth is approximately 85 miles away, it still makes for an imposing addition to the Seattle skyline.
Seattle’s unique geographical location is what makes it such a unique vacation destination. Visitors can go up in the Space Needle for sweeping views of the cityscape and distant peaks; they can visit the first Starbucks and watch the fish fly at Pikes Place Market; they can grab a pint at one of over 250 microbreweries in the Seattle area; or they can catch a Seattle Seahawks game and lose their hearing with the famous 12th man at Century Link Field. After all of that, if visitors get tired of life in the city, they can visit Olympic National Park, North Cascades National Park, Mt. Rainier National Park, or Mt. Saint Helens National Park. All of which are only about a three-hour drive from Seattle.
All in all, Seattle makes for a great destination for travelers, whether they are seeking a bustling city scene or the great outdoors, and contrary to popular belief, it is not always raining.
Wandering About Washington: Alpine Living
By Collin Curry
Published in Tuscaloosa Magazine Summer 2014 Issue
From skiing in the Swiss Alps, to wine tasting in Italy and France, mountain biking in Portugal, and snow shoeing in the Spanish Pyrenees, University of Alabama students have had the opportunity to learn journalism by doing journalism as a part of Alpine Living magazine.
Alpine Living magazine is an international journalism class that is designated as a capstone course for students finishing a degree in journalism. The course gives students real life experience in the magazine field. Involvement on the editorial team is intended to give students the opportunity to write, report, edit, photograph, and design stories in a foreign country.
The first issue was a test run with eight students, and production on the magazine took place over the course of four days. From the magazine’s first trip to the Swiss Alps to the latest venture to Spain and Portugal, more than 60 students have been a part of the Alpine Living editorial team. Writers, photographers, editors, and designers—all enrolled as undergraduate or graduate students in the College of Communication & Information Sciences—have traveled to Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal. Alpine Living V set many records, including taking home a national honorable mention award for student magazines. Alpine Living has graduated 63 students, including two who have since won the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for their coverage of the EF4 tornado that roared through Tuscaloosa the day the 4th issue was set to go to press. Former staffers have gone on to jobs throughout the country, and several are working at top magazines in New York City or as is the case of Rachael Crawley Sigsbee, running her own publication—Dottie Magazine.
Four of the students involved in the Wandering About Washington project were staffers for Alpine Living V. Each hoped to gain even more experience with travel journalism and writing. We logged more miles on foot, snowshoes, skis, and bikes than any group previously, but we hope the experience in Washington will provide a glimpse into the travel opportunities that are available in our own country.
Next year the team will travel to the United Kingdom, where work will begin on Alpine Living VI, which will be published in the Spring of 2015.
By Collin Curry
Published in Tuscaloosa Magazine Summer 2014 Issue
From skiing in the Swiss Alps, to wine tasting in Italy and France, mountain biking in Portugal, and snow shoeing in the Spanish Pyrenees, University of Alabama students have had the opportunity to learn journalism by doing journalism as a part of Alpine Living magazine.
Alpine Living magazine is an international journalism class that is designated as a capstone course for students finishing a degree in journalism. The course gives students real life experience in the magazine field. Involvement on the editorial team is intended to give students the opportunity to write, report, edit, photograph, and design stories in a foreign country.
The first issue was a test run with eight students, and production on the magazine took place over the course of four days. From the magazine’s first trip to the Swiss Alps to the latest venture to Spain and Portugal, more than 60 students have been a part of the Alpine Living editorial team. Writers, photographers, editors, and designers—all enrolled as undergraduate or graduate students in the College of Communication & Information Sciences—have traveled to Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal. Alpine Living V set many records, including taking home a national honorable mention award for student magazines. Alpine Living has graduated 63 students, including two who have since won the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for their coverage of the EF4 tornado that roared through Tuscaloosa the day the 4th issue was set to go to press. Former staffers have gone on to jobs throughout the country, and several are working at top magazines in New York City or as is the case of Rachael Crawley Sigsbee, running her own publication—Dottie Magazine.
Four of the students involved in the Wandering About Washington project were staffers for Alpine Living V. Each hoped to gain even more experience with travel journalism and writing. We logged more miles on foot, snowshoes, skis, and bikes than any group previously, but we hope the experience in Washington will provide a glimpse into the travel opportunities that are available in our own country.
Next year the team will travel to the United Kingdom, where work will begin on Alpine Living VI, which will be published in the Spring of 2015.