Volume 49, Number 1, Spring 2000

National Association of
Science Writers

 
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE WRITERS, INC.
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Joe Palca, President
Howard J. Lewis, Editor
Lynne Friedmann,
Managing Editor
Barbara J. Culliton,
Chairman, Advisory Committee
Diane McGurgan, Executive Director
Judith Schwartz, Proofreader

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Web Addresses
How We Uncovered The Hidden Fatality In A Clinical Trial
by Deborah Nelson and Rick Weiss
 
The Blow-By-Blow Story Of NASA, AAAS, Stanford And The Martian Meteorite
by Vincent Kiernan
 
How Can We Measure The Social Benefits Of Science Journalism
by William Haseltine, Jim Jarvis, and Curt Suplee
 
Exaggerated Claims Raise False Hopes And Often Harmful Actions
by David Shaw
 
A Perpetual Student, He Charted His Course Through The Universe
by Malcolm W. Browne
 
One Small Rock For My Father -- A Mystery To Me
by John Schwartz
 
Hot Dogs Cause Cancer -- Or Maybe They Don't; Who's Counting Whom?
by Lawrence Lindner
 
Chemistry Professor Reading Daily Paper, Feels His Leg Pulled
by Robert L. Wolke
 
Baltimore TV Station Has Worrisome Deal With Local Hospital
by Paul Raeburn

President's Letter by Joe Palca
 
From The Editor
by Howard J. Lewis
 
Official Minutes Of 2000 Meeting In Washington, DC
by NASW Secretary Laura van Dam
 
On The Lists by Bob Finn
 
The Free Lance by Tabitha Powledge
 
First Commandment: Thou Shalt Hold On To Thy Copyright
by Joel Shurkin
 
AAAS Honors Six Writers For Masterly Presentation
 
Three Participants Describe Benefits of Mentoring Plan
by Kelli Whitlock
 
NASW Mentoring To Be Available On New Website
by Rick Borchelt
 
David Perlman Is 1st Journalist To Receive UCSF Medal
 
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In Memoriam
Victor Cohn
In Remembrance
by Lewis Cope, NASW Pres. '91-92
Herbert B. Nichols
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Ian Anderson
In Remembrance
by Laurie Garrett, NASW Pres. '95-96
 
Notices From Diane
 
Letters
 
Books By And For Members
by Ruth Winter
 
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