Volume 46, Number 3, Winter 1998-99

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
Science Reporters, Get to the Front on Bioterrorism!
by Laurie Garrett
 
Journal Embargoes: So Often Impeached Yet Never Convicted
by Howard J. Lewis
 
Duke Med Center Has a Happening: 'Time' Marches In
by Renee Twombly
 
AMA Directorate Tries Old Remedy: Bloodletting
by Howard J. Lewis
 
Distance Vision: How 1999 Looked to 1954 Reporter
by Victor Cohn
 
Technology Reporting: An Inviting New Field For Science Writers
by Victor K. McElheny
 

President's Letter by Joe Palca
 
Official Minutes of 1999 Meeting in Anaheim, Cal. by Paul Raeburn (For Secretary Laura van Dam)
 
Mixed Reviews Seen For Media Coverage of Gene Research by Suzanne Clancy
 
Culliton: Public Is Ready for News on Gene Research by Suzanne Clancy
 
NASW Workshop Committee
 
The Free Lance by Tabitha Powledge
 
1998 Writing Awards In Science Journalism Presented in Anaheim
 
Regional Groups
 
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In Memoriam
Fred Knubel
Harold F. Osborne
Merle Goldberg
Donald Cooley/John Whiting
 
Notices
 
Books By And For Members by Ruth Winter
 
New Members
 

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