I was interviewed following the Camp Wildfire and Woolsey Fire in California by FactCheck.org.
Select media coverage of: Newman et al. Chaparral bird community responses to prescribed fire and mastication in three management seasons. Journal of Applied Ecology 2018.
GotScience Magazine. N. Jain. https://www.gotscience.org/2018/04/fire-management-california-chaparral-harms-birds/
British Ecological Society. Sabrina Weiss. https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/wildfire-management-avian-populations/
Science Daily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180214181740.htm
The Ecologist. Catherine Harte. https://theecologist.org/2018/feb/23/how-wildfire-prevention-california-threatening-local-bird-populations-and-increasing
KJZZ radio. Interview. Host: Mark Brodie. March 15, 2018.
Select media coverage of: Newman et al. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes in wild birds in northwestern California: Associations with ecological factors, bird behavior and tick infestation. PLOS ONE 2015.
Wisconsin National Public Radio: S. Gordon. July 12, 2017. https://www.wiscontext.org/small-mammals-and-birds-are-important-accomplices-spreading-lyme-disease
2015 UC Berkeley Newscenter. http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/
Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-california-birds-lyme-disease-20150225-story.html
The Atlantic: http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/02/suburban-birds-are-reservoirs-for-lyme-disease-bacteria/386009/
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: ESA 2015. Dispatches. 13:124–128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295-13.3.124
The Wildlife Society: http://wildlife.org/researchers-identify-birds-hosting-lyme-disease/
National Monitor: http://natmonitor.com/2015/03/01/warning-backyard-birds-could-be-hosts-of-lyme-disease/
CBS San Francisco: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/02/26/common-birds-may-be-spreading-lyme-disease-in-california-more-than-known/
(plus over 80 other outlets, including online news in China, India, and New Zealand)
Coverage of: Waterbird surveys with NC Wildlife Resources Commission
The Stanly News & Press. Albemarle, North Carolina newspaper. 2008. “Wildlife Resources Commission conducts survey of Uwharries.” T. Thompson.
Coverage of: Bose-Einstein Condensate achieved at Amherst College
UltraCold Atom News. “BEC at Amherst.” August 2005. https://ucan.physics.utoronto.ca/News/report.2005-08-01.3326611226/view
Features
Sierra Club Central Group Newsletter. “Resolution #3: Fire preparation and education: An interview with Dr. Erica Newman.” Winter 2018. H. Ake. https://mailchi.mp/0c2856b9d3f9/central-group-newsletter-winter-2018?e=eac4d7264e#firepreparation
Santa Fe Institute. “Seeing in the Dark: Minus sunlight, a general theory reveals universal patterns in ecology.” July 2017. J. Marshall. https://www.santafe.edu/news-center/news/seeing-dark-minus-sunlight-simple-model-reveals-universal-patterns-ecology
Berkeley Graduate Division. “ERG Students Achieve National Recognition for Groundbreaking Studies” by M. Hellman. April 2015. http://grad.berkeley.edu/news/featured/erg-students-achieve-recognition/
Energy and Resources Group. “Student Spotlight.” September-October 2014. http://erg.berkeley.edu/people/newman-erica/
Amherst Magazine. Amherst College. Fall 1997.
