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Three resources for building your environmental beat as a journalist
I didn’t love working at my local NPR radio station for the first few months. Writing one-minute stories covering Abilene, Texas city council lawn mowing contracts and library fundraisers wasn’t the high-impact journalism I had in mind when I became a journalism major. And worse than not feeling like I wasn’t making an impact –…
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So you want to be a gear tester? What it’s really like when you’re paid to play
Tips on how to become a gear tester with Dan Nelson, Gear Institute editor and long-time member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. Sitting inside a leaky tent, wrapped in a bag seemingly stuffed with turkey quills rather than goose down, I had an epiphany: Gear testing really is work. It was the mid-1990s…
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Meet OWAA member Kris Millgate
Meet Outdoor Writers Association of America member Kris Millgate The Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) provides resources to help our members flourish as outdoor communicators and establish themselves as industry leaders. We create opportunities to make valuable industry and personal connections, sharpen professional skills, showcase work and gain access to in-demand educational resources and…
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Top 10 ways to make the most of an OWAA conference
Drawing hundreds of media members and some of the industry’s brightest stars — and offering innumerable workshops, seminars and activities — the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) conference, taking place September 9-11, 2023 in Gulf Shores, Alabama can be the most fun and rewarding event you’ll attend all year. It also can seem a bit overwhelming.…
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Join us for OWAA events!
OWAA provides members (and sometimes non-members) access to professional development content to help improve your craft, stay up to date on the latest and greatest achievements in the outdoors and outdoors industries and attain new story ideas. Non-members that attend OWAA events and then decide to join later can have the registration fee for the…
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Outdoor Writers Association of America Announces Excellence in Craft and Scholarship Winners
Through its annual Excellence in Craft Contest, the Outdoor Writers Association of America honored 65 professional journalists for their prize-winning work in dozens of media outlets. The winners were announced on Saturday, June 27 during OWAA’s first-ever virtual annual conference. HONORARY AWARDS In addition to the EIC Contest, OWAA honored the following members for their…
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2020 EIC Winners
See below for a list of ALL the 2020 EIC winners. Congrats everyone! BLOG CONSERVATION or NATURE 1st—The Seed Collectors, Kris Millgate (Cool Green Science) 2nd—Recovery: The Seal and Shark Invasion, Ted Williams (Cool Green Science) 3rd—How President Herbert Hoover Saved the Koala (Cool Green Science) FAMILY PARTICIPATION/YOUTH OUTDOOR EDUCATION 1st—A Place to Be Wild,…
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OWAA 2019 Membership Meeting Minutes
Little Rock, AR June 22, 2019 President Paul Queneau called the meeting to order at 4:50 p.m. CDT. 43 members were present. Miniuk reviewed the names of the deceased members. Queneau also recognized the passing of Bob Lindholm. Attendees took a moment of silence in their honor. Queneau also thanked the outgoing board members,…
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Conference preview – Different Routes to Book Publishing
The content of next week’s virtual conference will be a mix of newsmaker and craft improvement sessions. We wanted to give you an in-depth look at some of the sessions that will be presented – and available to conference registrants right from the comfort and safety of their own homes. Different Routes to Book Publishing –…
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June/July 2019
Individual Members and Supporting Groups will receive issues of Outdoors Unlimited® via postal mail. But if you’d prefer to read online, here’s your chance. Click the magazine cover below to download a PDF.
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December 2019/January 2020
Individual Members and Supporting Groups will receive issues of Outdoors Unlimited® via postal mail. But if you’d prefer to read online, here’s your chance. Click the magazine cover below to download a PDF.
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ICAST 2020 free “Media Editorial” registration
March 5, 2020 The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) has supported OWAA for 70 years—making them OWAA’s longest continual Supporting Group. As part of their ongoing support, ASA offers complimentary ICAST registration to current OWAA members like you. This means your media editorial badge registration fee will be covered in full, just for being a member of OWAA.…