What I Did Next
What I Did Next
A & T Media
Maria Shollenbarger
37 minutes Posted Jan 13, 2026 at 6:00 am.
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Early Career in Magazines
Moving to Europe
Life in Singapore
Reflections on an itinerant life
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I’m excited to be kicking off the year with Maria Shollenbarger, travel editor at the Financial Times’ HTSI magazine. I got to know Maria last year at The Narrative Summit, where she was on a panel that I moderated.
Maria has been with the FT now for 17 years and had always dreamed about working as a travel journalist. On Part 1 of our conversation, we unpack her journey traveling and living around the world.
Maria has a sophisticated eye, an instinct for what travellers need and want, and we’ll her industry in a lot of depth on Part 2 next week, so stay tuned.
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