Marine Biologists & Conservationists - New Research Ahead of Embargo

📢 Marine biologists and wildlife conservationists, here's your regular reminder that I'm always looking for up-and-coming research papers to pitch my editors ahead of the embargo lifting 📢 Often, it's a case of "I don't know it until I see it" (helpful, I know 😅) but here are a few things that often help make a good story great for me... Quirky stories, new discoveries, firsts (biggests/oldests etc.), all those things that make you go "Oh, cool" & want to tell all your friends 😮 Incredible wildlife sightings. If you're going to make my green with envy about your epic / rare encounter, I'd love to hear about it 💚 Strong supporting images or video can make or break whether many of my editors will commission - if you're pitching me, sharing media assets in a non-expiring link (not attachments: my inbox can't take it) is super helpful 📹 Global relevance: niche destinations or organisms or great but what does this finding tell us that is relevant to people around the world? 🌏 Exclusives. I know this isn't always possible but being able to offer a story exclusively to my editors can really help 🤐 Obv, I typically write about marine issues (the clue's in the name - The Ocean Writer Ltd) so ocean stories are my main beat. That's not to say I don't step onto dry land for some stories but terrestrial stories have to be even more mind blowing to catch my attention 🌊 Feel free to pin this post / share it with your comms teams. I look forward to hearing what you've got in the pipeline 😀 🦈 - Fin - 🦈 Hi, I'm Mel & I write about the ocean. I've been published by National Geographic, NYT, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Scientific American, The Guardian, New Scientist and more. If you're an editor who would like to commission me or a researcher with a new paper to tell me about, get in touch! 💙 #SciComms #OceanWriter #OceanStorytelling #ScienceWriter #JournoRequest #MarineScience [Image shows Ron Burgundy from the movie Anchorman blowing on a giant shell to call his news team back to him. Below, the text reads: 'marine biologists, assemble'. If you think about it, it's rather clever 'cause Ron is in the news business (like me) and shells come from the ocean which y'all study... but obviously we all know to leave shells in the sea where they belong 😉 )