ProfNet Experts Available on the Olympics, Vacation Rentals

NEW YORK, July 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Below are experts from the ProfNet network who are available to discuss timely issues in your coverage area. You can also submit a query to the hundreds of thousands of experts in our network – it's easy and free! Just fill out the query form to get started: http://prn.to/alertswire.

EXPERT ALERTS

• Why This Year's Olympics Should Be Moved or Cancelled
• Trends in Vacation Rentals and Vacation Real Estate

MEDIA JOBS

• Production Assistant – Food Network (NY)
• Associate Producer – Golf Channel (FL)
• Copy Editor – BuzzFeed (CA)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• Twitter Q&A: Breaking Into Writing for Children and Families
• Expert Spotlight: Lynn A. Robinson, 'Intuitive Advisor'
• PR Newswire Media Moves

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Why This Year's Olympics Should Be Moved or Cancelled
Joe Alton, M.D.
Doom and Bloom
"A letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro to be moved or delayed due to the Zika virus. Rio is in the heart of the current epidemic. Delaying the Olympics is not the answer. It's being held during the 'winter' in Southern Hemisphere Brazil, when mosquitoes might be less active. A delay just places it in warmer seasons when mosquitoes will be out in full force. So add my voice to those calling not to delay, but to cancel or move the Olympics. Here's the question I asked myself: Is it worth sending a half million tourists, not to mention 10,000 athletes, to the epicenter of a raging epidemic for a sporting event? They'll come from 170 different countries, get bitten by mosquitoes carrying Zika in Brazil, and head back home where local mosquitoes could spread the poorly understood virus throughout the world. Is this a certainty? Of course not, but why increase the chance something like that could happen? There are a lot of countries that are underutilizing the expensive venues and athlete housing they built for previous Olympics. Make the event truly global by having it in a number of countries instead of having it be a big public relations campaign for one. To have a massive sporting event in the middle of an epidemic zone is just plain unethical, if not downright crazy."
Alton is a disaster preparedness expert, member of the Wilderness Medical Society, and New York Times/Amazon bestselling author of "The Survival Medicine Handbook" and other books. He has also written the just-released and timely "The Zika Virus Handbook." He is a well-known speaker and host of The Doom and Bloom Survival Medicine Hour syndicated podcast.
Website: www.doomandbloom.net
Contact: Mark Goldman, [email protected]

Trends in Vacation Rentals and Vacation Real Estate
Brian Egan
CEO
Evolve Vacation Rental Network, Denver
Egan is co-founder and CEO of Evolve Vacation Rental Network. Previously, he was a seed-stage employee at Exclusive Resorts, LLC, where he held leadership roles focused on business development and international expansion. He began his career as a corporate attorney at Gunderson Dettmer.
Website: https://evolvevacationrental.com
Contact: Jake Kubie, [email protected]

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MEDIA JOBS:

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• Production Assistant – Food Network (NY)
• Associate Producer – Golf Channel (FL)
• Copy Editor – BuzzFeed (CA)

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

Following are links to other news and resources we think you might find useful. If you have an item you think other reporters would be interested in and would like us to include in a future alert, please drop us a line.

• TWITTER Q&A: BREAKING INTO WRITING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. If you're interested in writing for children and families, you won't want to miss our next Twitter Q&A, featuring Karl Beckstrand, an award-winning author of 15 multicultural books and more than 40 e-book titles. He will discuss how to find story ideas for children; writing for a multicultural audience; getting your book published, promoted and out to the masses; and the differences between writing for adults and younger audiences. Details: http://prn.to/29rfmLf
• EXPERT SPOTLIGHT: LYNN A. ROBINSON, 'INTUITIVE ADVISOR.' Each month, we spotlight an expert from the ProfNet network that we think journalists will find interesting and timely. This month, we sat down with Lynn A. Robinson, author of "Put Your Intuition to Work: How to Supercharge Your Inner Wisdom to Think Fast and Make Great Decisions": http://prn.to/lynnarobinson
• PR NEWSWIRE MEDIA MOVES. In the latest edition of PR Newswire's Media Moves, find out who's in and who's out at Associated Press, Marketplace, Sports Illustrated, Men's Health, Bloomberg News, Allure, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsday, New York Post and many more: http://prn.to/28XGiOO

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