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What No One Tells You About Turning Writing Into an Ocean Career, with "The Ocean Writer" Melissa Hobson

August 13, 2026·55 min
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Melissa Hobson is one of the most published ocean writers around, with bylines in National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, Scientific American, The New York Times, and The Guardian. After she was peer-pressured into learning to scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef, she slowly transitioned her career from PR to writing about the oceans. There are so many options for building a marine career that isn't "scientist," and Melissa shows us just how incredible a career in ocean writing can be. ...

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