TravelWorld International Magazine features the journalistic and photographic talents of members of the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA). Contributors must be members of NATJA.

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Editorial Team

Bennett W. Root, Jr.

Publisher

Bennett Root is a photographer and writer who has been able to develop his craft over twenty some years of traveling throughout the United States and frequently in Europe and Asia. Most recently, Root has served as Executive Vice President for the North American Travel Journalists Association and staff writer and photographer for TravelWorld International Magazine. In addition to his work as a writer and photographer, Root has worked as a partner in a large, international law firm and has served as counsel to several entrepreneurial ventures. Root’s undergraduate work was at University of Michigan. He holds an advanced degree from Harvard University and has studied at Oxford University (Worchester, Merton Colleges) and UCLA. He is also a performing Member of the Magic Castle in Los Angeles.

Joy Bushmeyer

Managing Editor

Joy Bushmeyer is the owner of Artistic Design Services, located in Monrovia, California. She graduated with honors in Graphic Design from California State College at Los Angeles and holds a Marketing Management Certificate from University of Southern California. She held the position of Art Director for fifteen years at Clarke Directory Publications, a multi-million dollar directory corporation, overseeing the production of over 400,000 publications annually, and ultimately worked on its acquisition by YellowBook International. Joy and her husband have four grown children and one grandchild and reside in Monrovia, California in a home built by her great uncle in 1925.

Dennis A. Britton

Editor

Dennis A. Britton is a sixth-generation Californian born in Santa Barbara. He was educated at San Jose State University and got his first daily newspaper job as a copy boy on the San Jose Mercury News when he was 17-years-old. On the day of his 18th birthday, he was made a general assignment reporter. Britton worked at The Los Angeles Times for 23 years as Washington editor, national editor and deputy managing editor for international, national and business news. He also served as editor-in-chief of both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Denver Post. He led the Denver Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Columbine High School massacre. He is married to Tere Romero Britton. They live in Rancho Mirage, California.