Catherine Watson is an American travel writer, photographer and writing instructor who freelances and teaches workshops in the United States and abroad. She was the first travel editor at the Minneapolis Star Tribune and was its chief travel writer and photographer from 1978 until 2004. Nationally, she was a pioneer in voiced travel writing in newspapers, and her work has won many national and regional awards, including the top two in her field: Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year and the Society of American Travel Writers Photographer of the Year.