2025 MTJA Active Membership Renewal - Staff Writers, Freelance Journalists and Online Content Producers

Active Membership Renewal Checklist Overview 

• Plan to submit all renewal forms and pay dues by 5 p.m. (Central time) on Nov. 15, 2024. 
• Fill out all required fields completely and accurately. Information submitted will be used to inform your listing in the 2025 MTJA Directory, an important source of information for other members, editors, publishers and travel industry leaders.
• 2025 MTJA Active Membership Dues are $125. If dues are not received in full by 5 p.m. (Central time) on Nov. 15, 2024, a $25 late processing fee will be added to your payment. We encourage dues payment via credit card. 
• Any renewals received after Nov. 27, 2024, will not be included in the 2025 Membership Directory.  
• If you need to request a one-time year of grace because of an inability to meet membership requirements, please send a letter of explanation to Erin Schmitz at admin@mtja.us on or before Nov.  1, 2024 for review by the Board of Directors. Members seeking a year of grace still need to complete the Membership Information section of the renewal form. 
• If you have questions, please contact Erin Schmitz at admin@mtja.us or Amy Lynch at amy@amylynch.com.

Membership Terms & Conditions  

• An application to renew your MTJA Active Membership means:
• You are committed to the principles of fair, accurate and unbiased reporting on travel subjects.
• You are a professional travel journalist who receives compensation for work produced.
• Content generated during press trips, hosted/sponsored events, FAM tours or MTJA conferences is eligible for submission.

Part 1: 

Submit PDFs, screenshots or links to five unique print and/or online travel articles, columns or features (minimum 250 words each) published between Jan. 1, 2024 and Dec. 31, 2024 in outlets with audited circulation of at least 10,000 or online traffic of at least 10,000 sessions per month. Multiple clips may cover the same topic or destination, but each submission must be unique copy.

Submissions must be first-run previously unpublished works, not reprints/republications. All submissions must show byline, publication name, date of publication and entire work sample. Co-bylined articles showing two or more author names on the published work are acceptable for one of five article submissions.  One of the five clips may be visitors' guide copy from a CVB-produced publication.  

Part 2:
Submit a screenshot or other verification of audited circulation for each clip. Remember that many work outlets in the 2024 MTJA are listed on the MTJA renewal page with Cision.com outreach figures that are valid this purpose.