Volume 46, Number 3, Spring 1999

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,
Administrative Secretary

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Web Addresses
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How the SV40 Story Spun Out Of Control Through A Web Page
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Jon Franklin's Recipes For Literary Devices To Hold Your Readers
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It's A Press Conference. Whi Am I Here By Myself? Petit Meets Virtual PC ...
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Uncritical Publicity For UFO Investigation Shows Gullible Media
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So, Whom Can We Blame For Dumb Science News? Just About Everybody ...
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President's Letter by Joe Palca
 
MIT's Knight Science Journalism Program Offers "Mini-Fellowships
 
On The Lists by Bob Finn
 
The Free Lance by Tabitha Powledge
 
Having Trouble Finding Stuff? Try Organizing by David Tenenbaum
 
Sigma Xi Society Elects Rodgers and Hayes as Honorary Members
 
Douglas Staff Receives LA Times Science Book Award
 
Sington Wins Sullivan Award for Science Journalism Excellence
 
Magazine Editors Induct Flanagan Into Hall Of Fame
 
Eight NASW Members Named MBL Fellows in Science Writing
 
Scripps Howard Grant Funds Science Study For 25 Journalists
 
Regional Groups
 
Our Gang
 
Letters
 
In Memoriam
Howard L. Lewis/Larry E. Joyce
William Kitay
Douglas Sorenson
 
Notices
 
Books By And For Members by Ruth Winter
 
New Members
 

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