We are requesting content for our Quarterly OBFS Newsletter used to highlight our member field stations. The deadline to submit for the May 2024 newsletter is 15-April-2024.
The newsletter is a vital component of OBFS’s reach and visibility. Please consider contributing! As a reminder, our audience includes the OBFS community (station directors, staff, OBFS station representatives), affiliates at partnering institutions (NSF, AIBS, LTER, ESA), decision-makers (congressional staff, local officials, and regulatory agencies), donors to OBFS, and station visitors.
Content for newsletter includes, but is not limited to:
- News stories, publications, notices, and professional development opportunities, of interest to field station directors
- Advances, press releases, milestones, and research findings from member stations
- A station profile: history, facilities, focus, achievements, a photo, and how to visit
- News from OBFS (President’s greeting, committee update, upcoming events)
- Updates from affiliates
- An interview featuring someone from the OBFS community
- Photos (etc. historical, fieldwork, lab work, presentations, outreach)
Content is typically ~300-350 words per item submitted. For this newsletter, please send content to newsletter@obfs.org and cphilson@ucla.edu. Please also contact us for inquiries about longer articles (which we encourage!).
The last edition of the OBFS newsletter (February 2024) is attached here for reference.
Articles must be submitted in Microsoft Word (or similar text editor). Pictures and other graphics should be submitted as a jpeg, tiff, or png. Please provide a caption for each photo and clearly identify who has written the article with their contact info. Articles may be edited for clarity or space. Do not submit previously copyrighted materials. All submissions become the property of the Organization of Biological Field Stations. For other information on submittals, go to www.obfs.org.
We encourage you to continue to use the OBFS discussion forum on the new website (https://obfs.org/community/) and the email listserv (obfs-mail-list@ucdavis.edu) for job announcements, upcoming courses, inquiries, and discussions about issues relevant to the OBFS community.
The newsletter and so much more would not be possible without Stacy McNulty, the OBFS Editor, who assembles the quarterly newsletters. Thank you Stacy!
I appreciate you all in the OBFS community,
Conner Philson
As Chair of OBSF Outreach & Communications Committee