<p>Ginny Prior is a longtime broadcast and print journalist who focuses primarily on travel. She is also a journalism professor at Saint Mary's College of California and the Executive Director of the Bay Area Travel Writers.</p><p></p><p>7x7 is an independent, women-owned media company in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 2001, we've been providing a local perspective on the people and places that make this region so dynamic, supporting local businesses and creativity, and keeping us all connected to what matters most: each other. As residents of or individuals with close ties to the Bay Area and Northern California, our contributors are highly knowledgeable about the region, including its restaurants, outdoor experiences, museums, events, neighborhoods, and more. It is, in large part, thanks to our wonderful contributors that 7x7 has weathered the changing media landscape over the last 25 years. Here’s to another 25!</p>