The Beer Marketing & Tourism Conference is oriented towards anyone interested in beer tourism or beer marketing. While most attendees are brewery, tour operator, guild, or destination marketing organization representatives, we also get substantial attendance from the media.
Consider this list of media outlets which will be represented at the 2020 conference:
- Beer Connoisseur
- Brewbound
- Brewer’s Digest
- Forbes.com
- Hop Culture
- New Brewer Magazine
- Shore Craft Beer
- Spirited Magazine
- Yorkshire Post
You will be able to meet all these media and hear from some of them, as we will have a panel titled Beer Media in a Changing World. Topics of this panel will include:
- How have readership demographics changed in recent years?
- What trends do we see in reader interests?
- Are media outlets being driven by the need for revenue?
- Does this change content or produce “click bait” titles?
- Are non-paid beer bloggers treated with respect?
- Is there a difference in print versus online-only writers?
As a conference attendee, you will learn how to better interact and work with beer media in addition to meeting these key members of the industry.
Joshua Bernstein is a Brooklyn-based beer, spirits and food journalist, as well as an occasional tour guide. His work has been published in Details, Saveur, BonAppetit.com, Time Out New York, DRAFT Magazine, and New York Times. Joshua is author of The Complete Beer Course and Complete IPA.
Stephen Beaumont is one of the world’s most authoritative voices on beer, as well as a widely recognized writer on spirits, food, and travel. His work has appeared in Whisky Advocate, The Celebrator, The Globe and Mail, Fine Cooking, All About Beer Magazine, and DRAFT Magazine. Stephen is author of The Beer & Food Companion and co-author of The World Atlas of Beer and The Pocket Beer Guide.
Ethan Fixell is a comedian, writer, and TV host. Obsessed with all things liquid, he also works as a passionate beverage journalist, consultant, and educator in New York City. His work has appeared in The Beer Necessities, Food Republic, FWX, Men’s Journal, Quartz, and Tasting Table.
Zach Fowle is the Beer Editor at DRAFT Magazine. Before that he worked as a writer at the Phoenix New Times and as an Opening Coordinator for World of Beer. Zach holds the title of title of Certified Cicerone®.