Lots of media attention for issue 127(3) articles (UPDATED DEC 30)

We have received great media attention over the past week or two. We’ve learned a lot about how to generate media interest along the way, thanks to helpful advice from several people, including Jenny Ryan (Communications Manager, Canadian Science Publishing; @JRyanCSP) and Tyler Irving (Media Officer, Science Media Centre Canada; @tylereirving).

MEDIA ATTENTION ON NEW RACE OF BUTTERFLY FOUND IN ONTARIO

• Ottawa Citizen article, by Tom Spears (@TomSpears1) http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Tiny+flying+gemstone+represent+race+butterfly+Eastern+Ontario/9256488/story.html

MEDIA ATTENTION ON TWO ARTICLES AUTHORED BY TEENS

KIRI DAUST’S PLANT FUNGUS RESEARCH

• Canadian Press story picked up by numerous news outlets including The Globe & Mail, Calgary Herald, Vancouver Star, MacLeans, CBC.ca, and Huffington Post.
• CBC Radio (Daybreak North BC program) interview with Kiri http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaknorth/interviews/2013/12/10/cranberry-jelly-research-gets-16-year-old-published-in-scientific-journal/
• Smithers Interior News http://www.interior-news.com/news/235443441.html

ADAMO YOUNG’S WASP RESEARCH

• Entomology Today http://entomologytoday.org/2013/12/12/canadian-teen-publishes-research-on-diamondback-moth-parasitoids/
• SciLogs – Expiscor (@CMBuddle)
  http://www.scilogs.com/expiscor/segments-5/

BOTH TEENS' RESEARCH

• Science Borealis (@ScienceBorealis) story by Alex Bond (@thelabandfield) & Kasra Hassani (@Parasitediary) http://blog.scienceborealis.ca/future-of-canadian-science/
• Canadian Science Publishing (@cdnsciencepub) http://www.cdnsciencepub.com/blog/science-is-cool-getting-published-is-awesome.aspx
• Science Daily (@ScienceDaily)
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131211104616.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+sciencedaily/plants_animals/life_sciences+(ScienceDaily:+Plants+&+Animals+News+--+Life+Sciences)
• EurekAlert (http://www.eurekalert.org)

DEC 30 UPDATE: NEW STORY ABOUT OUR ARTICLE ON CROWS EVADING TRAFFIC

• Ottawa Citizen article, by Tom Spears (@TomSpears1) http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/crow+cross+road+Because+understood+traffic+study/9327584/story.html. Picked up by other media in Postmedia chain including the Calgary Herald and Windsor Star.