Who We Are / Our Team

Rita Cook, Editor-in-Chief

Rita Cook is a writer/editor who specializes in writing on a variety of subjects, primarily travel, which takes her around the world looking for stories. She also regularly writes about auto, cuisine/wine and entertainment. With over 3000 articles to her credit in the past 20 years and 10 books, Cook has been the Editor-in-Chief of The Insider Mag since she began her career in Chicago working with well-known Sun Times Columnist Irv Kupcinet.

Guillaume de Vaudrey, Editor-at-Large, Paris

Guillaume de Vaudrey is a French native who has a Ph.D in Political Sciences and Public Law from the Sorbonne University and received his BA and Masters from the Institute of Political Sciences.

Currently splitting his residence between Paris, France and Manile, Philippines, de Vaudrey was educated in high school and college in the United States and spent many years in New York City; Vienna, Austria; South India; Niger and North Korea where he taught political sciences in the Juche Academy (Social Sciences institute dealing with ideological matters).

Currently over The Insider Mag’s international office in Paris, de Vaudrey also leads several geopolitical tours a year to “the world’s most dangerous places” through his 24-year-old tour operating company, Cosmopolis.

Not only acting as International Editor for the magazine, de Vaudrey also handles all photography and video for the magazine striving to photograph glimpses of the ever-changing world. De Vaudrey particularly enjoys approaching remote cultures, meeting native people worldwide and exploring the other side of the mirror. 

Vincenzo Maggio, Lifestyle Editor

Vincenzo Maggio helms the New York office for The Insider Mag.



Andrea Pylant, Travel/Business Manager

Andrea Pylant handles travel and hotel reviews for the Insider Mag. She lives in Dallas, Texas.

Lawrence Harris, Books

Lawrence Harris has written many travel articles for The Insider Mag as well as being a guest on the publication’s featured radio show. Originally an actor, Harris has worked in television production as an accountant, coordinator and producer for shows that have been seen on ABC, Lifetime, FX, among others. However, his first love has always been traveling and experiencing other cultures and their way life " I love being able to share my experiences and hopefully inspiring others to travel," he says.

Zelda Morgan, Fashion and Lifestyle

Frances Trammell, Staff Writer 

Cecilia DeBous, Staff Writer 

Anthony Duva, Publisher

Anthony Duva is an award winning filmmaker, winning a Best Feature award in 2002 at the Thunderbird International Film Festival for his first feature film “Lost Soul” The following year, in 2003, he won a Best Make-Up award at the same festival for his 2nd feature, “Gabriella.” In total he has written, produced, acted and directed four feature films.
 
Anthony Duva has also co-created and produced two internet TV shows. “I’m Standing Here” a travel show and “Food & Fun,” a food and entertainment show. In 2007 he created Insider Mag Radio as a supplement to The Insider Mag, a traveler’s magazine, which he published, and is distributed in airports across the United States. In 2010 he relocated back to the Boston area and began producing Insider Mag Radio from a local studio.
 
In 2011 “The Anthony Duva Show starring Anthony and Ashley” was created and the show moved to its current flagship station UNregular Radio. The radio show has been reformatted again and is now “The Duva Show Live with Anthony Duva,” Anthony Duva has also produced Equity Waver Theater in Los Angeles and has written four full length plays. When not doing radio he is an ESL teacher and a private in home tutor.

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