The Observer Article about the need for diversity in nature writing By Stephen Moss

Posted on December 29, 2019June 7, 2022 by Mya-Rose Craig

The Observer Article about the need for diversity in nature writing By Stephen Moss

Last month, broadcaster and author Stephen Moss interviewed me about the lack of diversity in nature writing. I also referred him to Zakiya Mackenzie a brilliant VME nature writer. This the piece that went into The Observer/The Guardian as an online article. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/28/new-nature-writing-gender-race-climate It is really important that VME people are given the opportunity to write authentically and honestly, allowing them to have a true voice.

Article in The Guardian 2018

Posted on April 4, 2018June 7, 2022 by Mya-Rose Craig

Article in The Guardian 2018

I was enormously honoured to be interviewed for an article in The Guardian 2018 looking at diversity in nature by Stephen Moss and to influence his findings as well introducing him to VME nature writer Zakiya MacKenzie.

The Guardian Improving children’s access to nature and addressing inequality

I hope you like my contribution.

White-tailed Eagle – An incredible Garden Bird

Posted on December 30, 2016June 7, 2022 by Mya-Rose Craig

White-tailed Eagle – An incredible Garden Bird

Friday 28th October 2016 was the most amazing day for me as a Compton Martin birder in the Chew Valley.

It was the half-term school holidays and I was hanging around at home hoping for a rare bird to turn up somewhere in the country. Little did I know that the bird would turn up, but much closer to home…< This is the article that I wrote for the Chew Valley Gazette about seeing a White-tailed Eagle from my garden http://bit.ly/2iy6ggQ on page 62.

Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig watching a rare White-tailed Eagle
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig

Record shot of the White-tailed Eagle with a much smaller Buzard
Taken by and copyright Chris Craig taken from garden

November Media Interest

Posted on November 7, 2015June 9, 2022 by Mya-Rose Craig

November Media Interest

November was an exciting month for me.
First, it started with this photo of me in Birdwatching Magazine. They had bought the photo of a child and nest box from an agency and I was really pleased that the magazine had chosen one of me…an amusing start.

Birdwatching Magazine – November Edition Page 79
Then a local online newspaper, The Western Daily Press, picked up on my Chew Valley Gazette article about seeing my 4000th bird and being the youngest person to see this many. They interviewed me and published a piece online on 1st November 2015 https://t.co/o0MWldq6VS

Then, another local online paper, The Western Morning News, published an article online on 2nd November 2015 about my birding and seeing my 4000th bird

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Somerset-girl-13-youngest-bird-spotter-record-4/story-28098718-detail/story.html?00

This was followed by a later online article about me in the ITV West Country News also on 2nd November 2015
https://t.co/uR3MFomHR6

https://t.co/XwG5uR80FF

This is the article published in the Metro Nationwide about me on 4th November 2015. It was really exciting as lots of people I know had read the article, not knowing that I was going to be in it (The Metro is a free newspaper distributed in cities including London and Bristol, particularly on public transport).

The Metro

So this is another article in the popular National newspaper, The Daily Express, also published on 4th November 2015.

The Daily Express

So this is another article about my birding, published in the weekly Somerset Guardian, on 5th November 2015 thankfully with more recent photos!

The Somerset Guardian

Finally, this is the article about me in the weekly Midsomer Norton & Radstock Journal on 5th November 2015.

The Midsomer Norton & Radstock Journal
This blog post is about the huge amount of media attention that I had in November, about my seeing my 4000th world bird in the summer. It was a beautiful Red-throated Tit which I saw in Swaro Plains on my first day in Kenya. For me, it’s all about the birding and not about the number, but it was still nice to have lots of articles about me. Even if it catches the interest of a few people and they start birding, then it will have been worth it.

It was really exciting to find these articles and not know that they were being published. Thank you to everyone who sent their congratulations and let me know if you see anything else. Roll on 5000!

Category: Newspaper