What the media says about Out West

Out West has been featured in hundreds of newspapers, dozens of magazines and on network and local television too many times to count. Here's a brief selection of praises we've received through the years.

NBC TVs TODAY SHOW: "Chuck Woodbury ...is trying to keep rural America from falling off the map."

SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE: "Among the Mavericks still operating in our nation founded on independence, Chuck Woodbury is notable."

SUNSET MAGAZINE (March, 2000): "Out West [is] essential reading for anyone who loves small towns, strange museums, and Western eccentrics."

BOSTON GLOBE: "Woodbury is living a popular American dream when he hits the road and drives off to nowhere in particular."

MONEY MAGAZINE (Dec., 1999): [Out West is a] "must for anyone traveling in the Mountain or Pacific time zones."

USA TODAY: "Out West...is wildly personal and displays Chuck Woodbury's interest in the eccentric...This delightful quarterly was inspired by John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley."

LOS ANGELES TIMES: "When it comes to the rural West, Chuck Woodbury knows whereof he speaks."

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH: "The newspaper is a verbal stew of personal observations, gentle witticisms... and photos."

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS: "When it comes to racking up road miles in the West, Chuck Woodbury has just two rivals: tumbleweeds and tractor-trailers.... (His job) might be the best gig in journalism."

MOTORHOME: "All things weird and wonderful are a welcome delight during Chuck Woodbury's travels Out West."

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE: "Whether it's quirky road signs or claims about 'Mom's Best Apple Pie," Chuck Woodbury has seen it all and written it all for...OUT WEST."

PETER JENNINGS, ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT: "In this job we get to see a lot of publications. We haven't seen another one quite like Out West."

VILLAGE VOICE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: "Chuck...travels the slow lane on back roads, and, unlike us city folk, has time to...learn people's stories, even to pry. He devotedly documents giant roadside creatures (jackalopes and such) and strange signs that might otherwise disappear without a trace."

USA TV NETWORK: "Woodbury weaves wonderous tales of fascinating folks and laid back towns in the outback of America's legendary American West."

KSL-TV, Salt Lake City. Keith McCord reporting: "I've decided I want Chuck Woodbury's job."

PEOPLE MAGAZINE: "If it's big news, you won't find it in Chuck Woodbury's sagebrush journal, Out West. . . . What others overlook, Woodbury writes about."

CBS TV NIGHTWATCH WITH CHARLIE ROSE: "The road has always had a pull on American writers. Jack Kerouac set out on the highways of this country in the 1950s and ended up with his critically-acclaimed novel, 'On The Road.' John Steinbeck's time spent with his treasured dog resulted in the book 'Travels With Charley.' Now out of that same inspiration we have Out West, a quarterly newspaper about the charms and curiosities of life in the small towns west of the Rockies."

ASSOCIATED PRESS: (Chuck Woodbury) "is a restless drifter, but with a high technology twist."

ORANGE COUNTRY REGISTER: "The newspaper is infused with Woodbury's wacky sense of what's newsworthy ... crammed with...the founder's wide-ranging observations about life on the road.."

BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE: "Woodbury ...is sort of a low-rent Charles Kuralt."

ALASKA AIRLINES MAGAZINE: "OUT WEST celebrates rural America much the same way Charles Kuralt has been reporting the ordinary in his On The Road series on CBS-TV."

FACTSHEET 5: "You would think that Chuck Woodbury would have run out of places to visit in the weird west. But his tales of RV-roaming. . . are just as colorful as when he began publishing. . . (years) ago."

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