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I think it would be appropriate to escalate this dispute with the AAAS. However, I'm not privy to discussions within the NASW and ABSW, so it would be good if we can find a way of coordinating across the various groups and forums. I've notified the NUJ and IFJ about the matter, and am planning to approach senior figures within the AAAS. I agree with Michael about the embargo system. I personally regard it as potentially corrupting of journalism. But while it exists, all journalists have to work with it. If major media outlets such as the BBC and national dailies have time to prepare breaking news stories before the embargo breaks, it is all the more difficult for freelances who do not have this privilege to pitch to commissioning editors. Francis On 16 Jan 09, at 12:45, Michael Kenward wrote: > It would be interesting to know how this issue is playing out over > on the > email lists of the US National Association of Science Writers. > > I seem to recall similar moans there in the past about treatment of > freelance journalists. > > Personally, I am very suspicious of the embargo system. It seems to > benefit > only the journals that love them. If I can still get access to > things like > PNAS, I am happy to use other ways to get stories. > > There are SEC issues, although it took the journals years to spot > the issue. > > This issue is, by the way, also ruffling feathers over on the > mailing list > of Association of British Science Writers. Several other freelance > writers > have been clobbered. > > M -- Dr Francis Sedgemore journalist and science writer http://sedgemore.com ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk 6. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] **********************************************************************