TV & Radio

Elaine has been featured on numerous radio and television shows, locally as well as nationally.

Here is a partial list of her media appearances.

  • American Airline's BlackAtlas.com video on island of

                St Martin/Sint Marteen, Caribbean

  • The Travel Daily Show/Travel Channel
    View Video
  • PBS budget travel special for the Moneywise Show.
    View Video
  • Bay Area Backroads – Kron TV/Channel 4, San Francisco
    (field producer as well as on air guest)
    View Video
  • View From the Bay- KGO-TV/Channel 7- "Summer Travel" (click on show name to see video)
  • Savvy Traveler with Rudy Maxa
    nationally syndicated radio show
  • Bev Smith Reports
    nationally syndicated radio show

Audio Clips from Radio:

The San Francisco/Bay Area's first travel radio show was developed by Elaine and travel writing colleague, Pamela Michaels in 1999 for the Morning Show on KPFA-FM (94.1). She served as co-host from its inception through 2003 and continues to appear as a regular guest.

Pramila Jayapal – Author of “Pilgrimage: One Woman’s Return to a Changing India”
Listen to Audio

William Kirk – Author of “You can Travel for Free”
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Carole Terwilliger Myers – Author of “Weekend Adventures in Northern California and publisher of Carousel Press
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“Home is internal for me. I can make a home wherever I go. I come into a place and make connections. As they deepen, I feel I’m home.”

    Ruth Golman Gelman

Go Girl Cover
Elaine with friends at Randy and Jay's
BBQ Joint in Paris, France