Michael McCarthy (journalist) explained

Michael McCarthy
Birth Place:Birkenhead, Wirral, England
Nationality:British
Occupation:Journalist and author
Known For:Writings relating to natural history
Notable Works:Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo

Michael McCarthy (born 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 Bolton Evening News and then on the Daily Mirror. After 17 years in local and tabloid journalism, he moved first to The Times, then to 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 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 not been awarded.[3]

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  1. News: Michael McCarthy. https://web.archive.org/web/20111108004224/http://www.independent.co.uk/biography/michael-mccarthy. dead. 8 November 2011. The Independent. 25 June 2015 .
  2. Web site: Michael McCarthy. 26 February 2013. 3 July 2015 .
  3. News: The Independent. 20 November 2008. Michael. McCarthy. Mystery of the vanishing sparrow. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/mystery-of-the-vanishing-sparrow-1026319.html . 14 May 2022 . subscription . live. February 17, 2017 .
  4. Web site: Press Awards Winners 20002008. The Press Awards. 25 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160402232510/http://www.pressawards.org.uk/page-view.php?pagename=2000-2008-Winners. 2 April 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: ZSL – Recipients of the Silver Medal. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150626150828/https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/media/2014-07/ZSL%20Silver%20Medal_previous%20winners.pdf. 26 June 2015. Zoological Society of London. 25 June 2015 .
  6. Web site: BTO awards excellence . BTO. 28 October 2011. 25 June 2015 .
  7. Web site: Top environmental journalist honoured. BTO. October 2011. 25 June 2015 .

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