Karen LeBlanc is an award-winning travel journalist and travel show host of The Design Tourist series streaming on Amazon Prime, and airing on Travel Escapes and DBTV broadcast channels plus eight additional streaming networks. Karen’s travel episodes have won national awards, including a 2023 Gold Award and 2024 & 2025 Bronze Awards from The North American Travel Journalists Association for best independent travel video.

Karen’s travel articles are syndicated by MSN.com, appearing across all Microsoft platforms. She is also the travel correspondent for LaPalme magazine, a national lifestyle magazine. Karen is a member of The Society of American Travel Writers, The North American Travel Journalists Association, and The International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association.

As the Anchor and coproducer of LPB’s Louisiana the State We’re In, a half-hour news magazine, Karen’s Louisiana travel stories reach a statewide audience on PBS stations.