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Jill Michaels - Freelance Writer
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Jill Michaels, a native of Twin Falls, Idaho, decided to establish a career as a freelance writer in 1999. A year later, her first article was published in TvZona, then a weekly TV guide in Tucson, Arizona. A tourist trip to view a space shuttle launch that same year landed her a cover story with TvZona.
That event marked the beginning of Michaels’ fruitful media relationship with NASA. Michaels has attended four space shuttle launches to date and followed those space flight missions (STS-99, STS-101, STS-98, and STS-111) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in eastern Florida. She has conducted numerous interviews with current and former astronauts.
Michaels has now published a total of 30 freelance articles, as follows:
· 18 published in U.S. newspapers (TvZona, The Times-News, Lockport Union-Sun & Journal and Star-Gazette);
· 9 published in U.S. magazines (The Carefree Enterprise Magazine, SW Aviator, Go, Life in the Finger Lakes, IDAHO Magazine, and Bay Runner);
· 1 published in an Australian magazine (Qantas: The Australian Way), and
· 2 published in British magazines (BOARDS and DIVER).
Of these 30 articles, 8 have been published as cover stories.
Her relocation in July 2007 to the Clear Lake area of Houston, home of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, has strengthened Michaels’ professional niche as a writer with actual working experience with NASA. Astronomer/writer David H. Levy, science editor of PARADE Magazine, is one of her freelance writing references.
Michaels welcomes e-mails or article commissions from magazine editors and newspaper editors around the globe. She is also available as a consultant for any professional writing or editing needs.
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NEWSPAPER CLIPS
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NEWSPAPER NAME
(LOCATION) |
ISSUE DATE |
TITLE OF ARTICLE
(COMMENTS) |
PAGE NO. |
TvZona Weekly:
Southern Arizona’s Media Guide
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March 25-31, 2000
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“Bookman’s: A Familiar ‘Third Place’ ”
(Well-known used book store) |
16 |
TvZona Weekly:
Southern Arizona’s Media Guide
(Tucson, Arizona) |
April 15-21, 2000
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“Arizona Illustrated: The Best-Kept Secret in Town”
(PBS newsmagazine) |
16 |
TvZona Weekly:
Southern Arizona’s Media Guide
(Tucson, Arizona) |
April 22-28, 2000
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“Bobby & Brad: ‘Planned Spontaneity’ on 94.9 MIXfm”
(morning radio DJs) |
17 |
TvZona Weekly:
Southern Arizona’s Media Guide
(Tucson, Arizona) |
June 24-30, 2000
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“Launching the Space Shuttle: Rocket Science Is Not an Exact Science”
COVER STORY
(“Tucson in Space,” part 1 of 9) |
8 |
TvZona Weekly:
Southern Arizona’s Media Guide
(Tucson, Arizona) |
July 1-7, 2000
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“Watching a Space Shuttle Launch: Up on the Roof”
(“Tucson in Space,” part 2 of 9) |
16 |
TvZona Weekly:
Southern Arizona’s Media Guide
(Tucson, Arizona) |
July 8-14, 2000
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“The New ‘Glass Cockpit’ for Shuttle Atlantis”
(“Tucson in Space,” part 3 of 9) |
16 |
TvZona Weekly:
Southern Arizona’s Media Guide
(Tucson, Arizona) |
July 8-14, 2000
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“Local News in a Metro Area”
(Northwest Explorer newspaper) |
16 |
TvZona Weekly:
Southern Arizona’s Media Guide
(Tucson, Arizona) |
July 15-21, 2000
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(Kitt Peak Observatory)
(“Tucson in Space,” part 4 of 9) |
16 |
The Times-News
(Twin Falls, Idaho) |
Saturday,
April 9, 2005 |
“Helping Hands: More than 700 students help clean up Auger Falls” |
A-4 |
The Times-News
(Twin Falls, Idaho) |
Sunday,
April 10, 2005 |
“Children launch water bottle rockets” |
B-1, B-7 |
The Times-News
(Twin Falls, Idaho) |
Tuesday,
April 12, 2005 |
“Council tables Canyon Rim Road question” |
B-1 |
The Times-News
(Twin Falls, Idaho) |
Wednesday,
April 13, 2005 |
“Going to College: Sixth-graders get a taste of higher education for a day” |
B-1 |
The Times-News
(Twin Falls, Idaho) |
Saturday,
April 23, 2005 |
“Lego My Rover: Sawtooth students build Mars rovers out of Legos” |
A-4 |
The Times-News
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Sunday,
May 1, 2005 |
“Former Boeing engineer discusses a city in space” |
B-4 |
The Times-News
(Twin Falls, Idaho) |
Tuesday,
May 3, 2005 |
“Hubble to Herrett: Astronomer loves to teach”
COVER STORY |
A-1, A-2 |
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
(Lockport, New York) |
Sunday,
March 5, 2006 |
“Bill Gregory looks back on his shuttle mission”
COVER STORY |
1A, 9A |
Star-Gazette
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Monday,
October 22, 2007 |
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1A, 6A |
Star-Gazette
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Monday,
October 22, 2007 |
“Hometown roots still run deep for Collins” |
6A |
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MAGAZINE CLIPS
MAGAZINE NAME
(LOCATION) |
ISSUE DATE |
TITLE OF ARTICLE
(COMMENTS) |
PAGE NO. |
The Carefree Enterprise Magazine
(Carefree, Arizona) |
October 2001 |
“David H. Levy: Comet Hunter at Large
(Originally part 8 of “Tucson in Space”; rewritten as a magazine article) |
10-11 |
The Carefree Enterprise Magazine
(Carefree, Arizona) |
June/July 2002 |
“STS-67: A Shuttle Bus Tour of the Universe” |
12-13 |
SW Aviator
(Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
November/December 2003 |
“Tucson: Moseying Around the Old Pueblo” |
18-23 |
SW Aviator
(Albuquerque, New Mexico) |
September/October 2004 |
“Bay Area Houston: Sailing in Water, Air and Space”
COVER STORY |
14-17, 26 |
Qantas: The Australian Way
(Qantas Airways in-flight magazine)
(Sydney, AUSTRALIA) |
April 2005 |
“Watch This Space”
(Australian astronaut Andy Thomas) |
108 |
Go
(AirTran Airways in-flight magazine)
(New York, New York)
(London, ENGLAND) |
April/May 2005 |
“Moonlighting to the Max”
(Max Q, astronaut music band) |
40-41 |
Life in the Finger Lakes
(Geneva, New York) |
Summer 2005 |
“Eileen Collins: A World Above”
COVER STORY |
40-46 |
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(Boise, Idaho) |
August 2005 |
“The Discovery Countdown”
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50-57 |
BOARDS
The UK’s No. 1 Windsurfing Magazine
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July 2006 |
“High Flyer!”
(British astronaut Mike Foale) |
69-73 |
DIVER
Britain’s Best-Selling Diving Magazine
(Teddington, Middlesex, ENGLAND) |
May 2007 |
“How Scuba Helps Us in Space”
(British astronauts Mike Foale, Piers
Sellers, and Nicholas Patrick) COVER STORY |
28-29, 31-33, 35-36 |
Bay Runner
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October 2007 |
“Max Q: Astronaut Band Wings Music at Mach 25”
FEATURE STORY |
8-9 |
Bay Runner
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January 2008 |
“Chris Hadfield—International Recording Artist Turned Astronaut” |
8-9 |
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