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Interview With Charles Runnette: ‘Confessions of a Travel Writer’

Travel Interviews: Michael Yessis asks the host of a new Travel Channel show about travel writing, strip searches and whether he really has a dream job

08.10.09 | 3:07 PM ET
Alejandro Cerda, ProChile

What’s it like to be a travel writer? It’s a question often asked of travel writers, but rarely do they get a chance to answer it on television. Tonight five travel writers will. The premiere of Confessions of a Travel Writer airs on the Travel Channel at 9 p.m., with host Charles Runnette and four other writers—Jimmy Im, Andrew Evans, Chantal Martineau and Shira Lazar—traveling to Chile on a week-long assignment.