Writing Portfolio

Sharman Haley
is a freelance journalist based in Alaska. After retiring from a 30-year career in research, teaching and public policy, she took up science writing, adventure travel and travel writing. You can browse her portfolio below. You may contact her at haleydotsharmanatgmaildotcom.





Science Journalism


Bane of the Arctic. Alaska Magazine, July/August 2018. First place winner of the 2018 Alaska Press Club Award for Best Reporting on Science.

Alaska's Changing Seas. Alaska Magazine, April 2020.

Goat Trail, Then and Now. Alaska Magazine, December/January 2020.


Behavioral science’s growing role in making government work better: A stronger focus on human factors can go a long way toward improving public services. Governing, July 24, 2015.

No time, no training: 'My kid is misbehaving; what should I do?'. The burden of behavioral problems in primary care. Medscape, February 8, 2016.


Op-Ed


Is pandemic relief for corporations or people? Anchorage Daily News, April 10, 2020.

Alaska's campaign finance laws should be enforced. Anchorage Daily News, Nov. 27, 2019.

The Attack on Alaska's Campaign Finance Law. Anchorage Daily News, Dec. 1, 2018.



Research confirms common sense-- Money does influence politics. Alaska Dispatch, May 4, 2016.

It’s time for ranked choice voting. Alaska Dispatch, November 13, 2016.

Return to reason: Corporations are not citizens. Alaska Dispatch, April 23, 2017.



Travel Writing

Peak Experiences Around the World. 3rd Act Magazine, Summer 2018.
 
Climbing Cerro Chirripó, Costa Rica: The Power of Perseverance

Human Kindness that Transcends Borders 

Citlaltépetl, Mexico: Of Altitude and Attitude


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