Media Relations & Writing Samples

Media Releases and News Coverage Examples

Protect Oak Trees: No Pruning Until November - Inside Halton

International Day for Biological Diversity - Toronto CityNews

Here are 5 things you can do to help stop the spread of invasive plants - Newmarket Today

Invasive species could be hiding in your holiday decor  - Cottage Life, CTV News, and CBC News

Invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid confirmed in Niagara - Oakville News

Accessible healthcare helps prevent overdose deaths in Niagara - Thorold Today

Interview Example

Storytelling Science - Interview with Erika Edwards, Health Reporter at NBC News

Blog Posts

What Would Convince You to Burn it Where You Buy it? A Case Study on Overcoming Psychological Barriers in the Public

Reporting Success Story: How One Report Led to a Rapid Response

MCAT Amino Acids: What You Need to Know

Video Script Sample

They say teamwork makes the dream work - and this couldn’t be more true for siphonophores. At first glance, this mesmerizing deep-sea drifter looks like one creature, but it’s actually made up of hundreds, sometimes thousands, of tiny individuals.

Each “individual” in the colony, called a zooid, has its own specialized job: some sting and catch prey, another digests it, another helps the whole colony swim. No two zooids do the same job, even though they are all genetically identical to each other. In fact, they are so specialized that a single zooid couldn’t survive on its own.

Chains of zooids can grow together into a variety of different ways; some long and stringy like glow-in-the-dark Christmas lights, while others look more like jellyfish, such as the infamous, venomous Portuguese man o’war siphonophore. The largest known siphonophore ever discovered stretched 150 feet long - that’s bigger than a blue whale.

So the next time you’re dreading that group project, think of those tiny, microscopic zooids that join together to rival the size of the sea’s largest animal. Talk about teamwork!

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