Eric James Beyer

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Location
Istanbul, Turkey
School
University of Madison-Wisconsin
Expertise
Istanbul, The Turkish Aegean, Avoiding Crowds
  • Eric got his start as a writer at the international travel and lifestyle publication "The Guide Istanbul" in 2012.
  • He has since written for travel and culture brands like Thrillist, Culture Trip, The Bosphorus Review of Books, and more.
  • He has spent the last 15 years exploring Europe and is an authority on Turkish travel and culture, with a particular emphasis on its Aegean and Mediterranean coasts.

Experience

Eric is an editor at Islands and a journalist who is interested in human stories at the intersection of travel, culture, and technology. He is a contributing writer to Vox Media's popular travel brand Thrillist, the Istanbul-based technology publication Interesting Engineering, and the Pulitzer-Prize-winning science and research outlet Quanta Magazine. He has interviewed some of the world's most influential figures in science and culture, including Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Anthony Hopkins, and Tobias Rees.

Education

Eric is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he studied cultural anthropology.

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