Michael McCarthy (journalist)
Michael McCarthy | |
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| Born | c. 1947 Birkenhead, Wirral, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and author |
| Known for | Writings relating to natural history |
| Notable work | Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo |
Michael McCarthy (born c. 1947 in Birkenhead, Wirral, England) is a British environmentalist, naturalist, newspaper journalist, newspaper columnist, and author.
He was born the son of John and Norah McCarthy. He studied
Modern Languages at the University of Liverpool
.
He worked as a journalist first on the The Independent on Sunday, and then to The Independent; he worked 27 years for those broadsheet newspapers. He was Environment Editor of The Independent until 2013, and as of July 2015[update] is its Environment Columnist.[1][2]
He was the driving force behind a campaign by The Independent to identify the reasons for the decline of the British urban House sparrow; but the £5,000 prize offered by that newspaper has as of July 2015[update] not been awarded.[3]
Awards
- 1991, 2003, 2006 – Environment Journalist of the Year, The British Environment and Media Awards
- 2001 – Specialist Writer of the Year, British Press Awards[4]
- 2007 – Medal of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), for outstanding services to conservation
- 2010 – Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London[5]
- 2011 – Dilys Breese Medal of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) [6][7]
Publications
- McCarthy, Michael (2 April 2009). Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo. London: ISBN 978-1848540637.
- McCarthy, Michael (21 May 2015). The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-1444792775.
References
- ^ "Michael McCarthy". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Michael McCarthy". 26 February 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
- ^ McCarthy, Michael (20 November 2008). "Mystery of the vanishing sparrow". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Press Awards Winners 2000–2008". The Press Awards. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "ZSL – Recipients of the Silver Medal" (PDF). Zoological Society of London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "BTO awards excellence". BTO. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Top environmental journalist honoured". BTO. October 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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