Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title A rare video of wombats having sex sideways offers a glimpse into the bizarre realm of animal reproduction Media name/outlet The Conversation Country/Territory Australia Date 29/03/23 Description Top read on The Conversation in Week 27th March-2nd April 2023 with 150,868 reads, of which 92% were not in Australia. The article was the most popular on The Conversation’s FaceBook posts on the week of 10-16th July with 48,378 impressions. It led to extensive coverage of the article at least 36 times (92% outside Australia) in blogs, radio and print articles including the U.S. (The National Tribune and Knowledia.com.au), Canada (IFLScience with a reach of over 4million), New Zealand (Stuff.co.nz with a reach of 6 million), India, Mauritius and Australia (Gizmodo, Australia with a reach of over 500K, ScienceAlerts with a reach over 9 million, and Yahoo News with a reach over 2 million, Australian Geographic). I was interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney (https://www.abc.net.au/sydney/programs/afternoons/afternoons/102131560?fbclid=IwAR0MIFzLrcggcAOCa9_q49p36uwJRCaTnKHhKXeTG9vdX6x8WbyNCooHkJI), ABC Radio Melbourne (29th Mar), ABC Radio Adelaide (29th Mar), and 3-RRR Melbourne (1st Apr). The article was also referenced in The Conversation’s impact report for April-June 2023 (21st Jul 2023), stating the article had been viewed nearly 200K times. URL https://theconversation.com/a-rare-video-of-wombats-having-sex-sideways-offers-a-glimpse-into-the-bizarre-realm-of-animal-reproduction-202146 Persons Julie Old