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• Sir David (Attenborough) escapes a label but wins an award
• A changing climate in the media The papers in the USA are beginning to demonstrate a clear connection between the oil and coal industry and its scientific defenders, says Paul Guinnessy
• Stripping down science The success of the Naked Scientists podcast is down to accessibility and interactivity, says Kat Arney

• Literate, engaging and original Science Books awards 2006
• Plausible, comprehensible, and interesting Tim Radford explains how he lost the best job in the world to become a science correspondent
• Letter from America The declining opportunities for science writers in the US may
  eventually be replicated here, Paul Guinnessy says

• Café (Scientifique) culture hits Manchester
• Why bother with blogs?
• And once you’re blogging, have a look at RSS
• Selling science to the people
• And the usual regulars

• Communiqué open meeting poor links between media and research
• This year will be different, Paul Guinnessy’s predictions for 2006.

2005 No 3
(~1.1 M PDF file)

• Dork's night out An account of the year's Syngenta/ABSW awards for science writers.

• Media Fellow jumps into paper and floats  Vicki Burns describes what it is like for a scientist dropped into the media for two months.

• Plus all the usual news of what the ABSW gets up to.

2005 No 2
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• Recollections of Pearce Wright An affectionate reminiscence of a late great member of the science writing community.

• Is China really opening up? Science writers in China do not have the freedom to write what they want.

• The lobbyists who bend science Our regular report from Washington DC.

• Science writer in book prize sensation A rare event, a science writer wins the Aventis Science Book prize.

• ... and new books by members plus all the news and views and reports of the ABSW.

2005 No 1
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• CRA takes on the BBC over authors’ rights and business ethics The Creative Rights Alliance fights to protect the rights of the people who actually create the stuff that people like the BBC want to put on line for nothing.

• So you want to write a TV documentary, huh? A briefing for ABSW members gave tips on how to get on to the small screen.

• Science: down and out in DC Paul Guinnessy worries about the future of one of the world's biggest "pop science" events.

• Should British science be funded by money from the American religious right? Sunny Bains wonders why the media say so little about a new source of money for science, and science journalists

• Out of the pub and into the media An ABSW student journalism bursary brought confidence, not to mention financial support, to Victoria Gill

• A smokescreen of self self-censorship Why did so many journalists ignore a story with so much going for it? Michael Kenward peers through the fog of confusion.

Editorial

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