OWAA OUTDOOR VOICES

Use Your Outdoor Voices


  • Citizen journalists in OWAA

    Citizen journalists in OWAA

    When my kids went away to college, I regularly mailed them letters, the hand-written kind…


  • Getting on an editor's good side

    Getting on an editor's good side

    As hunting editor at Bugle magazine with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, I’ve learned a few tricks that help me out in the freelance world…


  • Liven up your writing: Listen to local voices

    Liven up your writing: Listen to local voices

    The best way to liven up a magazine or newspaper feature is to integrate local color into your narrative…


  • Cutting through the clutter

    Cutting through the clutter

    We live in an over-communicated world…


  • Are you ready for a personal Independence Day?

    Are you ready for a personal Independence Day?

    [level-non-member] Members, remember to log in to view this post. [/level-non-member] [level-membersupporter] BY COLLEEN MINIUK-SPERRY This article is the first installment of a three-part series about leaving an office job for a freelance career. The second article will list the top things to do before you leave. And in part three, the author will talk…


  • An experiment in our future

    An experiment in our future

    On college campuses these days, there’s seemingly a club for every interest.


  • Where the wild things are

    Where the wild things are

    My parents spend winters in Florida and summers at my childhood home in the Adirondacks.


  • Reporting, cooking and living softly

    Reporting, cooking and living softly

    A painting hanging above Gail Jokerst’s stove depicts a chair pulled up to the front of an oven.


  • June 2011

    June 2011

    You can download a PDF version of OU to read and/or print at your own convenience!


  • Mistake to own HQs building

    Mistake to own HQs building

    It has never made sense for OWAA to own a headquarters building…


  • Getting the job done

    Getting the job done

    These columns can be tough to write…


  • Bloggers and students and membership, oh my!

    Bloggers and students and membership, oh my!

    Recently, I spent a couple hours attending a Missoula Nonprofit Network presentation about fundraising for nonprofits in the new economy…


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