Heide Brandes

Heide Brandes

Heide Brandes is an award-winning journalist and editor with more than 20 years of published experience with such publications as Reuters News Service, National Geographic, BBC Travel, Fodors, TravelAwaits, Garden & Gun, Cowboys & Indians, AARP, Southern Living, Texas Highways, The Houston Chronicle, The San Francisco Chronicle and more. She has been a fulltime freelance journalist for 10 years, serves as president of the Society for Professional Journalists Oklahoma Pro Chapter and is a member of North American Travel Journalists Association and The Society for American Travel Writers. She often speaks to college classes and professional organizations about freelance journalism, and she is the recipient of multiple NATJA awards and two SATW Lowell Thomas Awards for her work. Heide is also an avid hiker, medieval reenactor, professional bellydancer and a bellydance instructor in Oklahoma City.

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