Post-approval regulatory writing - Volume 23, Issue

Oncology and medical writers - Volume 21, Issue

Let me start this first editorial in an old journal with a new name by explaining why a medical writing journal has a theme issue on oncology and includes articles that are not directly related to writing. Medical writers write about research that is…

Medical writing in paediatrics: Children and the future - Volume 21, Issue

‘Children are one-third of our population and all of our future.’ Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981 With the falling birth rate I wonder if they still are a third of the population, but there is no doubt that they are our…

From the Editor - On journalism, the Nobel Peace Prize, and the paths we travel by - Volume 30, Issue

The road to a Nobel Prize is not easy and journalist Maria Ressa can attest to that. I am both awed and inspired by her journey and find it fitting to pay tribute to her achievement in this issue on medical journalism. I must admit I am biased due…

Creative medical writing - An oxymoron? - Volume 27, Issue

Is “creative medical writing” an oxymoron? I sincerely hope not! Indeed, if this is the case I will be sorely disappointed, as it is a career I wish to pursue precisely because it may allow me to exercise some creativity. I enjoyed both the arts and…

Getting Your Foot in the Door - Volume 28, Issue

“How did you get into the medical writing field?” is a question I often hear. This is a fairly easy question for me to answer. I saw a job advert back in 2005 in Germany, I applied for the position, I got the job, and I became a medical writer…

Good Writing Practice - Volume 25, Issue

Coordination non parallelism is the lack of structural symmetry between coordinated sentence constituents that are intended to be equivalent in importance. A classic example of such non parallelism is “I love fishing, swimming, and to run.” In this…

Medical Journalism - Volume 22, Issue

From science writing to journalism: How ‘The Ghost Writer’ changed my life. How can a medical writer become a science journalist? That is the question I was asked to answer in an article inaugurating the Medical Journalism column of Medical…

The Webscout - Volume 23, Issue

I approached the theme of this issue by simply entering the term ‘health writing’ into a Google search. I expected to receive a bundle of pages dealing with writing for health magazines, wellness, and sports. And indeed, I got some of those,…

The Crofter: Sustainable Communications - Volume 33, Issue

Section Editors: Louisa Ludwig-Begall, Sarah Kabani Saving the planet, one EMWA conference at a time Author: Adam Jacobs I had been a frequent business traveller for some years until not so long ago. Most of my trips were by plane. I would…