Publisher/Editor Barbara Baird is a freelance writer in travel and outdoor markets. Before launching “Women’s Outdoor News,” aka The WON, in 2008, she worked as a newspaper and then magazine editor. Her bylines can be found at “Field and Stream,” “American Hunter,” “Outdoor Life,” “America’s 1st Freedom,” “Fly Fisherman,” AAA publications, “St. Louis Post-Dispatch,” “Columbia (Mo.) Tribune,” “Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader,” “SHOT Business,” “SHOT Daily,” “Shooting Illustrated,” “Show Me Missouri” and a host of other magazines and newspapers. She writes a popular travel blog, based on a former self-syndicated newspaper column, “The Accidental Ozarkian.” She is currently writing a book on the water mills of the Ozarks.
Barbara writes “Babbs in the Woods” at The WON, an offshoot of her days as a newspaper columnist who kept getting invites to spend time hunting, fishing and exploring the outdoors.
Barbara is available as a speaker or to conduct workshops on the following topics: women in the outdoors, the women’s outdoor market, traveling Missouri and why content marketing matters. Contact her here at The WON. Visit The Accidental Ozarkian travel blog.
