I am a veteran photojournalist and skilled storyteller.

Partnered with my wife, Therese Iknoian, I operate the travel website, HITravelTales.com, and our photography website, HITravelTalesPhotography.com.

As a freelance journalist, my writing and photography appears in TravelWorld International Magazine, PhotoWILD magazine, and other select publications.

As an MSN syndication partner, HITravelTales.com also regularly feeds stories to the MSN network for broad distribution.

My specialty areas and primary interests include local culture and history, street art, farm-to-fork and local breweries/distilleries, adventure, natural wonders, and wildlife. Set me loose in a destination, and my stories and photography will connect readers to a place so they will want to embark on journeys of discovery.

I also work closely with DMOs, CVBs, and travel and tour operators to provide marketing, PR, and stock photography services -- even internationally.

FUN FACTS
✍️ I am a dual citizen, born in Calgary and now living in California.
✍️ Secondary base in Berlin, Germany -- a perfect base camp for European stories.
✍️ I am a member of NATJA, OWAA, NANPA, NPPA, and ATTA.
✍️ I serve as a member of the NATJA Advisory Board.
✍️ My photography is available for sale and for licensing at Michael Hodgson Photography - https://www.michaelhodgsonphoto.com
✍️ I was the captain of Team Media in Mark Burnett's 1995 inaugural Eco Challenge adventure race, learned to fly a hang glider, flown an ultralight plane, walked the Rift Valley, and hiked among Kodiak bears ... always to experience a new adventure for stories I was working on or assigned.
✍️ My stories and columns have appeared in Outside, Backpacker, Men's Journal, Men's Health, Field and Stream, Outdoor Life, The Christian Science Monitor, San Jose Mercury News, Portland Oregonian, Salt Lake Tribune, Adventure West Magazine, and others. My published books (some of which are actually still in print) include No Shit There I Was, Compass & Map Navigator, Facing The Extreme, and Camping For Dummies.