James Barrett is a 2x New York City Marathoner, advanced certified merman, avid scuba diver, New Jersey native and has visited every continent as of last year. He’s a travel & lifestyle journalist with 200+ published articles seen in various publications such as Yahoo, Travel+Leisure, InsideHook, Redbook, Elle Decor, Veranda, Country Living and more. He focuses on adventure travel, travel for first-timers, lesser-known destinations, expeditions and remote destinations. His weekly Jimmy Rox newsletter defines honest travel and shower thoughts with personal travel stories, itineraries and think pieces that's grown to more than 13,000+ subscribers and was featured on InsideHook’s 85 Newsletters to Subscribe to Right Now. Before becoming a journalist, James worked in New York City for six years as an Art Director at an advertising agency. What led him to journalism is he initially submitted a story about his grandmother’s battle with Alzheimer’s to The Huffington Post that was later published, which has brought him to travel all over the world. James is based in New Jersey but covers domestic and international destinations, having traveled over 100 days last year.