Resources for journalists and news media

MEDIA KIT. Request a free cicada emergence media kit. The kit contains photos, illustrations, audio and b-roll released for publication or broadcast. Detailed background information including cicada biology and emergence history. Maps, publications and a schedule of special events and public activities related to the Brood XIII emergence.

EXPERTS. Download contact information for cicada experts on the forest preserve staff.

News Coverage

The CicadaMobile and Lake County Forest Preserve experts in the news:

July 14 - Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? on Public Radio International - Cicada Mania! baseball jersey in the Big Kielbasa Prize Package
June 19 - CBS 2 Chicago - "Once Exciting, Cicada Invasion Now A Pain For Some"
June 16 - Daily Herald - "Cicadas snub Ravinia"
June 11 - Northwest Herald (McHenry County) - "Cicada invasion, just not here"
June 6 - Medill News Service - "Kids and parents catch the cacaphony"
May 31
- NBC Nightly News - "Chicago's cicadas"
- WGN 9 Chicago - "Children hunt cicadas, cicadas indifferent"
- News-Sun - "Cicadas quite a trill"
- WXLC - Interview with Catherine Savage, forest preserve spokesperson
- The Times (LaSalle County) - "Input needed for cicada location project"
- Lake County Journals - "Cicadas make an appearance"
May 30
- CNN American Morning
- Daily Herald - "Cicadas emerge in Lake County"
- News-Sun - "Cicadas finally here: foresters"
May 29
- WGN TV News at Nine - "Where are the cicadas?"
- CBS Early Show - "Brood 13 - Yum!"
May 27 - Daily Herald - "Cicadas perpetuate cycle of life"
May 24
- Five Live Drive on BBC5 - Live interview with Mark Hurley
- Good Morning America on ABC - A brief appearance by our t-shirt, courtesy of David Hammond of LTHforum.com
- Chicago Tribune - "Cicadas' arrival not on the nose"
- Pioneer Press - "Take a walk to see the bugs come out"
May 23 - Chicago Tonight on WTTW - "Return of the Cicadas"
May 22
- Daily Herald - "Cicadas slowly but surely make local debut"
- News-Sun "Cicadas late for the date"
- WGN TV Morning News - "Around Town with Cicadas"
- NBC Barely Today - Bruce and Ellee talk with Allison Lehnen, environmental educator
May 21
- WGN Radio AM 720 - Steve & Johnnie Show
- Daily Herald - "Cicadas' lives are short, but memories of them last a lifetime"
- CBS 2 Chicago - "Cicada Watch: Red-eyed Bugs Arrive in Some Suburbs"
- NBC 5 Chicago - "Cicada Mania hits Chicago"
- Associated Press television - "Cicada Invasion: Coming to a City Near You?"
- CNN Radio - Taped interview with Mark Hurley, environmental educator
May 20 - Houston Chronicle (and 230 other news outlets via AP) - "Swarms of cicadas emerging in Midwest"
May 19 - State Journal-Register (Springfield)- "Early risers"
May 16 - Fox News Chicago - "Cicada Invasion" - live in-studio appearance on morning newscast by Allison Lehnen, environmental educator
May 15 - CBS 2 Chicago - "Chicago Area Prepares For Return Of Cicadas"
May 12 - Daily Herald - "Cicadas: Lake County going all out for bugs"
May 8
- Fox News Chicago - "The Cicadas Are Coming! Chicago Prepares for Invasion"
- Chicago Tribune - "Cicada nymphs can wait no longer"
- Daily Herald - "Catch the periodical cicadas while you can"
May 7 - Northwest Herald - "Learn about cicadas"
May 4 - News-Sun - "Cicadas expected May 22"
May 1 - Jiji Press (Japan) - "17-year mass emergence soon"
April 26 - Lake County Journals - "Students gear up for cicadas"
April 16
- Fox News Chicago - "Cicadas Return"
- Pioneer Press - "Here they come!"
- Outside the Loop Radio (WLUW 88.7 FM) - Taped interview with Mark Hurley, environmental educator
April 12 - Lake County Journals - "They're on their way"
April 10
- Chicago Tribune - "The Cicadas Are Coming!"
- Chicago Sun-Times - "Periodical Cicada to make rare appearance"
- Daily Herald - "Appreciating the ugly, loud and rude cicada"
- News-Sun - "A buzz after 17 years"
April 9
- ABC 7 Chicago (WGN) - "Cicadas to invade Chicago"
April 9 - Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5)- "Periodical Cicada to Hit the Chicago Area"
March 28
- WLUP 97.9 FM/Jonathon Brandmeier - Live interview with Melissa Senf
- WBCL (Fort Wayne, IN) - Taped interview with Melissa Senf, environmental educator
March 21 - Chicago Tribune, "Palatine woman to pilot cicada museum on wheels"
March 20 - US99 FM - Live interview with Melissa Senf, environmental educator and CicadaMobile pilot"
March 18 - WGN Radio 720 - Live interview with Mark Hurley, environmental educator. Two parts: 1, 2

Press Releases

May 29, 2007 - Periodical cicadas emerge
May 11, 2007 - Cicada expert to appear at 'Cicada Mania' weekend
May 3, 2007 - Cicadas to Emerge May 22, Scientist Predicts
April 9, 2007 - CicadaMobile, Special Events Celebrate 17-year Cicada Emergence This Spring