The masthead

A small, opinionated masthead.

Three writers, three cities, one editorial line: go slowly, look carefully, and don't file a story until you've eaten there twice.

Contributing Writer, Europe & West Africa
Amara Okonkwo
Reports on food, family, and the long way home. Her essay "Two Grandmothers, Two Kitchens" won the 2025 Lowell Thomas Award.
Lagos / Lisbon
1 story
Contributing Writer, Asia
Hiro Tanaka
A former architecture critic who now writes about the buildings people actually live in. Contributes the quarterly Kyoto Notebook.
Kyoto
1 story
Founding Editor
Nora Alviar
Writes about slow travel, small towns, and the specific weight of an unread paperback. Founded Passporto in 2019 after a magazine job in Manila and a one-way ticket that got out of hand.
Currently in Porto
10 stories