Then come out to FOWA’s Great Florida Outdoor Communicators Day, April 21, in Gainesville. Listen and learn to folks who range the spectrum from college student to nearly retired on how they got into their outdoor writing careers, what the perks and downsides are, and what motivates someone (like me) who loves the outdoors to end up writing about it for newspapers, magazines, websites, and in books!
For more information on this event, please contact FOWA President Tommy Thompson (352) 284-1763 or by email.

The program, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the Gannett Auditorium in Weimer Hall on the UF Campus. It begins at 10AM. Mark Sosin’s topic will be ‘Behind the scenes with Mark Sosin’, a talk about his career as a fisherman and outdoor communicator. Tommy Thompson’s subject is ‘There’s hope for us all–becoming an outdoor photographer and writer at age 52’. The program also features a talks on ‘Surviving Alligator and Bear Encounters, ‘Stalking the elusive Florida Osceola turkey, and a special program by young writer Benjamin Dyall of Florida Fishing Weekly about making the transition to the ‘real’ world of outdoor writing directly from college.

The Great Florida Outdoor Communicators Day will interest those wishing to pursue full or part-time careers in outdoor writing and photography, as well as the general sporting public.

Support for this event comes from contributions by Shakespeare Fishing Tackle, Leupold, Charlotte Harbor Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, TTI—Blakemore Companies, Florida Sea Grant, Butch Wooten, Jr., Paramount Plaza Hotel and the Alachua County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau.

A drawing for door prizes, many provided by FOWA Corporate Members, will be held at the close of the event.

I’ll be there and hope you will be, too!

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