True. They even have a sustainable travel section called Intelligent Travel. Nothing would make me happier than doing that forever. Send me into the trees to look at frogs! Into the swamps to talk about remote villages recycling! Into the desert to look at solar ovens! I’m in, I’m in! I love this stuff.
But, sigh, how do you get that gig? If you know, help me out.
I couldn’t find obvious contact info, and caved just sent them this letter in a comment on the editorial blog, which I imagine is a pretty good way to get right to them. I could also figure out their emails based on the names on the masthead, but I like the idea of going to them via their editor’s blog.
Below is my letter in full, but here’s the main idea: How do I get to be that person in the dugout in the Amazon reporting on tigers? Do I need to study journalism? Travel? …Tigers?
Hi,
I’m a young, environmentally engaged writer, and I want to work for National Geographic. Probably, everyone does! But, it’s always been my goal and I’m sticking to it. For the last two years I’ve managed a green living site, ecometro.com, that publishes in several US cities, and my desire to write about the environment first hand has grown. For my next move, to get closer to writing for National Geo, I’m thinking I need a journalism degree, possibly in environmental journalism (CU Boulder).
My other love is social media, which is another potential degree (UW Masters in Communications in Digital Media).
I would love to hear stories of National Geo team members–how they got there, what they suggest for journalists facing a shrinking traditional media, and most of all how I get to be that person in the dugout in the Amazon reporting on tigers.
Thank you for your time and for passing this on.