Guest Profile
Jackie Lapin
Jackie Lapin has been a life-long traveler, seeking to experience history through the world’s cities, villages, castles, landmarks, nature and books. A Southern California native, she first began a deep exploration of the history of her state and the people who shaped it, ignited by a trip to the California missions in third grade. As a college student, she created her own field trips to explore the historic land and cityscapes of California.
As an adult, she began to travel for work and pleasure, accompanied by her cameras (always more than one!) to document for herself—and somewhere in the recesses of her mind—so she could share the pictures and stories with others. And when she couldn’t travel, she read historic novels, historical chronicles and biographies so she would better understand what she was seeing. It was her escape and her education.
Photography gave her a sense of artistry and expression, in contrast to the practical dedication to her professional life.
Jackie marked out an illustrious career as a serial pioneer, initially as one of the world’s first women sportswriters, writing for the Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Associated Press—breaking press box barriers. She then built and ran over the course of 20 years.one of the two largest sports/special events/cable TV public relations firms in America with a world class client list. Her next move was to write two internationally bestselling personal growth books, one of which was awarded Best Spiritual Book of the Year at the International New Age Trade Show. Finding herself drawn to the leaders who were committed to making the world a better place, she rebranded her agency Conscious Media Relations and began helping them market their books and messages through the media. Ultimately, the company became a leader in podcast/radio tours for experts, offering them to 9000 podcasts and radio shows.
After years in the trenches serving others, Jackie determined the time was right to focus on her own passion, sharing the stories, photos and the books that make history so fascinating to her. Hence, the creation of her blog, The Historic Traveler, and her membership alliance, Historic Traveler International — dedicated to informing, uniting and supporting other history and historic book lovers.
“The world is my history classroom,” she says, “and I am always excited to learn!”
Jackie is sharing the content and images from her visits to more than 500 cities, villages, castles, landmarks and more. Her slide archive includes nearly 30,000 images. Jackie’s personal library counts 600 books—including many she sources from used bookstores on day-long treasure hunts. Her work is showcased in the The Historic Traveler articles, eMagazine and photo gallery. You can track her newest travels at www.thehistorictraveler.com
