Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Getting an Article Published?

[Pare Gerou (paregerou]

Dear Mac,

I meant to add to my response IC''s "Communities" Magazine.  Perhaps they
would consider a submission like this.

Sincerely,
Pare

On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 4:22 PM Mac Thomson via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> I have an idea for an article that I’d like to get published in magazines
> and/or major newspapers. The idea for the article is to compare intentional
> communities, especially rural communities, with blue zones. Blue zones and
> rural intentional communities each support:
> staying physically active
> staying mentally active
> healthy diet
> community
>
> These are the key factors identified in blue zones that support people
> living to be 100 and older. Here at Heartwood, we don’t have anyone who’s
> 100 yet, but we have some extremely active octogenarians.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions of how I could get such an article
> published?
>
> I submitted article suggestions via the online portals for AARP and
> Prevention magazine, but both websites said that they get so many article
> ideas that I shouldn’t be surprised if I never hear back from them. I
> haven’t tried anything yet with big city newspapers because I’m not quite
> sure how to approach them.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions you can offers.
>
> Cheers,
> Mac
>
>
> --
> Mac Thomson
>
> Heartwood Cohousing
> Southwest Colorado
> http://www.heartwoodcohousing.com
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