Viewpoint 78 From the Guest Editor KAYLEEN A NIYO Article 79 Science and the Communication Ethic: How an Organization Provides Science to Policy Makers KAYLEEN A NIYO 82 Teaching Key Groups to Communicate Science to Nonspecialists BARBARA GASTEL Dialogue 86 Communicating with Congress DAVID R MACKENZIE 88 The Media and Communicating Science to the Public JERRY E BISHOP 90 We All Eat . . . So Food Is News, Thank Goodness! SYLVIA B ROWE Features 92 Sharing Ways to Communicate Science - AAAS: Keeping the Public in Mind. Floyd E Bloom and Cynthia Lollar 92 Sharing Ways to Communicate Science - NASA: Reaching for the Stars Rosalind A Grymes 92 Sharing Ways to Communicate Science - Howard Hughes Medical Institute: A Successful Series on Science Robert A Potter 92 Sharing Ways to Communicate Science - NAS: An Experiment in Communicating About Basic Research Donna M Gerardi 92 Sharing Ways to Communicate Science - CDC: Getting the Word Out About Health Vicki S Freimuth 96 Resources on Popular Science Communication BARBARA GASTEL and JASON E MOORE 99 Highlights of the CBE Views Survey Responses SETH BECKERMAN 100 Update From the Editor MARTHA TACKER 101 Review the Views: Survey Results Departments 104 CBE ReViews WALTER PAGEL 106 Solution Corner DELLA MUNDY 107 Net Results SALLEY EDWARDS 108 CBE InterViews DOMENIC FUCCILLO 110 The WordWatcher LORRAINE LOVIGLIO 111 The Lighter View BARBARA COX CBE News 113 GuideLines: A New Series for CBE MIRIAM BLOOM 113 New Topic for 1997 Airlie House Retreat 115 Who's New in CBE 116 Calendar