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When Kurt Repanshek launched the Traveler back in August of 2005, it was primarily to find stories that he could pitch to magazines. But the magazine world took a nosedive, while at the same time readership on the Traveler continued to grow.\\xa0
Today, between 2.5 and 3 million readers and listeners a year turn to the Traveler to learn more about the National Park System, both its wonders and how it\\u2019s being managed. Unfortunately, the Traveler hasn\\u2019t been financially sustainable, and can\\u2019t continue unless we can attract the funding necessary to employ a small staff, upgrade IT resources, and allow us to tackle the growing number of critical stories that fall by the wayside because more and more news organizations are paring back, or totally going out of business.\\xa0
Rebecca Latson, the Traveler\\u2019s contributing photographer, and Lynn Riddick, who hosts many of the Traveler\\u2019s weekly podcast, discuss their participation in pulling together the Traveler\\u2019s editorial content, and how that\\u2019s given them greater appreciation of the value of having a news organization whose focus is solely on national parks and the National Park Service.\\xa0