Volume 46, Number 2, Fall 1998

National Association of
Science Writers

 
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE WRITERS, INC.
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Richard Harris, President
Howard J. Lewis,
Editor
Lynne Friedmann,
Managing Editor
Barbara J. Culliton,
Chairman, Advisory Committee
Diane McGurgan,
Administrative Secretary

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Web Addresses
'The Baltimore Case' Restarts Quarrel On Coverage Bias
by Howard J. Lewis
 
Scientific Misconduct is 'Talk Of The Nation On NPR's 'Science Friday'
 
Richard Harris Says NASA's PR Campaign Is Out Of Alignment
Covering John Glenn
from The New York Times
 
Professor Pollack Has A Real Passion For Science Books
 
Deborah Blum Bears Witness
 
Textbook Author's First News Release Gets Her Thinking by Ricki Lewis
 
PhD Physicist Wins Attention Of Media On Duct-Tape Issue by Max Sherman
 
Factoid Watch: Food Poisonings' Phony Figure by Dan Wilson
 
When Journals Work As Publicity Agents by Mark Hagland

President's Letter by Richard Harris

Commentary by Victor Cohn

A Short Course In Miracles by Rick Borchelt
 
Education
by Laura van Dam and Lynne Friedmann
 
NASW Annual Meeting Workshops Schedule
 
Degree Or Not Degree, That Is The Question by Laura van Dam
 
1998 Ig Nobel Prizes Go To Deepak Chopra, Richard Seed, Et. Al.
 
Geiger Receives Double Honors
 
Science-In-Society Awards Presented By NASW To Four
 
Regional Groups
 
Rennie Taylor/Alton Blakeslee Fellowships Announced
 
Our Gang
 
Krajick Receives Sullivan Award
 
Workshops Scheduled To Train Reporters On Marine Environment
 
In Memoriam
Bernard Hodes
Roger Davis/Philip Goldstein
 
Notices
 
Correction
 
Letters

Candidate Recap

New Members

Books By And For Members by Ruth Winter
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