Rosalind Cummings-Yeates

Rosalind Cummings-Yeates is an award-winning journalist and author specializing in travel and lifestyle topics that intersect with culture and history. She’s the author of Exploring Chicago Blues: Inside The Scene, Past and Present (History Press), a guidebook to Chicago blues history and landmarks. Her other credits include the London Telegraph, Thrillist, Woman’s Day, American Express Business Trends and Insights,  Mind Body Green,  Hemispheres, MSN,  USA Today, AAA Magazine, Marriott Bonvoy Traveler, Miami Herald, Midwest Living, Orbitz, Mind Body Green, Rough Guide to Women Travel and the Chicago Sun-Times, among other publications. She writes a monthly travel and food column for The Takeout and teaches journalism at Columbia College Chicago. Her upcoming book, Moon 52 Things to do in Chicago, is due to be published later this year. She’s based in Chicago, from which she manages to escape during the Windy City’s six official winter months.  Her professional memberships include the Society of American Travel Writers and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. You can read more of her work on her website, www.RosalindCummingsYeates.com.