Wendee:
Well, that depends upon your reader demographic, I reckon. Are you shooting
for the touchy-feely stuff, the most sensational, the most scandalous, or
are you interested in some other angle? The California condor is one of my
favorites ("The Last Days of the Condor." The New York Times, February 8,
1986;
"The Only Hope for the Condors?" San Francisco Chronicle, January 16, 1986;
"A Condor Chick Is Hatched, and Hope Is Born, Too." Los Angeles Times, May
24, 1988), and I think this story badly needs accurate updating in the
"popular" press.
But what I would most like to see is a kind of ranking of all species at
risk, with those due to anthropogenic causes (and the nature of those
causes) distinguished from those not due to anthropogenic activity (and the
nature of the causes, together with their natural history and habitat
requirements). Anybody got any links, sources, references, or ideas about
how to get this done?
Please post your replies.
Good luck!
WT
PS: Please send a link when your pieces are published.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendee Holtcamp" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:25 AM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] top ten animal stories/+sci writing class
I'm curious what you guys think are the top ten animal-related news
stories
for the past decade? What animal-related success story, story of decline,
or
exciting discovery was most talked about, or most intriguing?
I'm doing a post for my Animal Planet blog
(http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_news) on this, and though I have a
couple
ideas I wanted to get some input from ecologists! :-) The blog will be
going
from 5/week to 1/week starting January 1st but will still be there.
And I have a couple more openings for my 6-week online writing class (many
professors and scientists take it to learn how to write for general
interest/science/enviro magazines)- I have it set to start Dec 19 but I
think I'm moving that back to Dec 26 to start right after Christmas since
some people may be a wee bit busy the week before. If you're interested I
can send you a course outline or you can visit the website
www.wendeeholtcamp.com/nature.htm
Happy holidays!
Wendee
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Wendee Holtcamp, M.S. Wildlife Ecology ~ @bohemianone
Freelance Writer * Photographer * Bohemian
http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com <http://www.wendeeholtcamp.com/>
http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com
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~~6-wk Online Writing Course Starts Dec 19, 2009 (signup by Dec 12)~~
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I'm Animal Planet's news blogger - http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_news
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