✏️ Award-winning travel journalist and photographer. This account is now inactive. Find me on Instagram and Threads @justinmeneguzzi
Melbourne / Narrm
Joined September 2013
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Okay, so that’s it.
After repeatedly being served content of dead people or videos of people being killed by X’s algorithm, I’m jumping ship to Threads 👋🏻
If you’re there already (or planning to join), let’s reconnect – at Melbourne, Victoria
A real privilege to have walked some of these trails over the years, and then get to write about it for NGT – at Melbourne, Victoria
Immortalised on the big screen and beloved by outdoor enthusiasts, New Zealand’s soul-stirring landscapes are its crowning glory. For hikers, completing one of the country’s ‘Great Walks’ is a lifetime achievement.
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It was a real privilege to get to hike the Abel Tasman Coast Track for @NatGeoTravelUK
Find out how it went below – at Melbourne, Victoria
Not every Great Walk involves summiting passes — one of New Zealand’s star trails is the 37-mile Abel Tasman Coast Track, whose gentle paths always lead back to coastal viewpoints and beaches for refreshing dips.
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PR friends, if a journo does a call out asking you to be concise and gives you a format to follow in your pitch, it's because they're trying to make it easier to sift through the pitches
Don't send a 4-page essay Word attachment about your hotel. It'll go straight into the bin.
Always such a pleasure to be able to share my home city with the world. Read one of my recent yarns for NatGeo Traveller and bookmark these places to visit – at Melbourne, Victoria
The greatest treasures in Victoria’s capital lie down dark lanes and behind hidden doors. Small businesses and creatives are revitalising these forgotten spaces — but to find them, you might need to ask a local.
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🧵 The historic NYT v. @OpenAI lawsuit filed this morning, as broken down by me, an IP and AI lawyer, general counsel, and longtime tech person and enthusiast.
Tl;dr - It's the best case yet alleging that generative AI is copyright infringement. Thread. 👇
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ok, I've now read the full NYT complaint filed this morning vs OpenAI and Microsoft. I'm impressed - it's future-focused around fair value for work vital to democracy. It also contains 220k pages of exhibits although the pages of Ex J stood out to me. more on that in a minute. /1
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AFRICAN GAZE was an exhibition showcasing the weird and wonderful art form that is the Ghanaian movie poster. These are some of the best...
1/21 - Mrs Doubtfire
The last issue of @NatGeo to be sold on newsstands before moving to a subscription only model in 2024 🥲 This one will be a collector’s item. What a cover! – at Melbourne, Victoria
That’s a first. Partway through an interview on the phone and there’s a total power outage. End up continuing the interview from my front porch in the dark. – at Melbourne, Victoria
Morning started with drinking Prosecco and moonshine on an empty stomach, then researching pirates after lunch. Freelancing is wild. – at Melbourne, Victoria
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You've tried Hinge. Meet Unhinged.
Elon Musk Declares 'X' Will Be a 'Fully-Fledged' Dating Site Within The Year: Report mediaite.com/tech/elon-musk-…
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A woman-led project designed to revive ancient Thai recipes and reinvent them for modern diners is causing a stir with food-lovers in Bangkok.
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Just learner that I'm a finalist in the 2023 @ASTWinc Awards!
Thanks so much to my editors at The Age for commissioning the story, and the team at Club Med for hosting.
You can read the full story at the link below!
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Just remembering the day on my holiday in Seville earlier this month when I got an email from a reader... One of my recent articles had inadvertently outed her husband's infidelity after I interviewed his girlfriend who gave me his surname as hers 👀 1/2
Deaf parenting is constantly checking the nursery during nap time because you’re not sure if you’re hearing crying or just imagining it – at Melbourne, Victoria