OWAA OUTDOOR VOICES
Use Your Outdoor Voices
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Conservation writing: The outdoor media's dirty little secret
By Beau Beasley — “Beau, we’re simply not going to run this conservation piece you’ve sent us. Furthermore, if the editor ever offers to run anything like this from you again, I’ve told him he’ll be fired.”…
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APPly yourself
By Risa Wyatt — What the heck is an app, anyway? Should you be creating one? Can it make you money?…
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Writing for 1A: For freelancers
By Mark Freeman — Freelance writers who have tapped their newspaper’s outdoors budget still have other larger and more prominent sections to mine…
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Dealing with criticism
By Joel Vance — As a veteran (victim? survivor?) of more than 50 years of communicating via the written word, I testify that there is no thing you can write that won’t tick someone off…
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Lake Placid: history and homework
By Lisa Densmore — Happy New Year! As you make plans to explore Lake Placid and the Adirondacks this year in conjunction with the 2013 OWAA annual conference…
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First Vanishing Paradise national conservation pro staff announced
The Vanishing Paradise coalition is taking a huge step forward by announcing the makeup of its 30-member volunteer promotional staff …
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Hobie Outdoor Adventures
Hobie Outdoor Adventures is a 13-week series airing the first quarter of 2012 on NBC Sports Network (formerly Versus) and on the Texas Channel …
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Rhoades joins Vital Ground staff
Kevin Rhoades has joined The Vital Ground Foundation as its communications director. He will be responsible for the organization’s communications and outreach programs for the purpose of enhancing Vital Ground’s image …
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The Art of Conservation
By John D. Juriga — Bob Hines holds a unique niche on the roster of past OWAA members…
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Making plans for Lake Placid
By Lisa Densmore — You’re coming to Lake Placid, right? Glad you can make it! Here are few tidbits to help you plan your trip, starting with Lake Placid’s location and how to get there…
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I'm no expert
By Randy Zellers — Color me skeptic, but as an editor I just can’t take things at face value…
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Photos on the Radio?
By Ty Stockton — I got my start in writing by way of the newspaper business because I was told more than once that I had a face for radio but a voice for newspaper…