A SAMPLING OF COMMENTS

More emphasis on contract negotiation, interview techniques, writing about complex topics at any easy reading level, and other practical tips-I'm an experienced science writer (12 years in the business) and I still would like to learn more about such things.

More on the "business" of science writing--it's changed dramatically in the past few years.

Occasionally talk about foreign markets and foreign members.

Would be interested to have writers who've been there "grade" the fellowships, schools, and other learning experiences out there.

Copyeditors are under-appreciated. Let's hear from a veteran about his or her experiences copyediting science writing.

It would be nice to see a section for newcomers to the profession.

Those of us who write for kids have a lot of interesting and unique challenges.

As we move ever closer to the birth of the first cloned human being, the issue of ethics in science should be discussed in each issue.

More focus on the mechanics of being a science writer, less on ethical issues.

Quick tips on how to do my job better.

Make it relevant to university science writers.

Less coverage of the major media members and more on smaller publications and papers.

Recognize that it is first of all a membership publication, the best means of conveying information about NASW as an organization. We need more, not less, about elections, board meetings, committee activities, etc.

It's actually very good, when you consider that it is an association newsletterÉso let's not wring our hands too much about it.

I consider reading it a must.

I'm glad to see more attention to freelance topics, and I encourage continuing in this direction.

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