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Joseph Rosendo


Joseph Rosendo has been a travel, food and wine journalist for 30 years. Since his first travel story in Los Angeles Times in 1980, he has been published in countless publication worldwide.  He is the author of an Insider’s Guide to Los Angeles and the Consulting Editor for DK Eyewitness Travel Guides’ Where To Go When and Where To Go When—The Americas.


Rosendo is the executive producer and host of the travel television series, Travelscope®, distributed by American Public Television (APT) on more than 500 PBS television channels.


He is also the creator, producer and host of Travelscope®, a nationally syndicated travel, food and wine radio show that has aired on the Travelscope Radio Network and worldwide on the web at http://www.Travelscope.net for 25 years. He has created travel radio features for many electronic media outlets including Discovery Channel Radio, the Associated Press, ABCnews.com and the Creative Life Network.


In addition, Rosendo is the publisher of Travelscope’s eMagazine, a quarterly travel, food and entertainment perspective, and contributes to the http://www.Travelscope.net website where many of his podcasts, as well as, radio and television shows are archived.

Awards include:

  •   - Emmy Award Nominee
  •   - Three Telly Awards
  •   - Five-time winner of Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award
  •   - Travel Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) National Award for Tourism Excellence - Globe and Mail Travel Media Award
  •   - Government of France - Medaille d’Or du Tourisme
  •   - Two-time winner of the Canadian Tourism Commission Northern Lights - Broadcast Award
  •   - Four-time winner of the Society of American Travel Writers - Broadcast Award
  •   - Aurora Awards - Platinum Best of Show for Video


Rosendo is a member of the prestigious Society of American Travel Writers. He speaks at national travel conferences and consumer shows and guest lectures at a bi-annual forum devoted to travel writing at the University of California at Los Angeles. He welcomes questions and e-mails at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)