Lakhman sometimes meets other writers at symposia and meetings, and those writers usually work out well, he noted. Reporting skill is more important than medical knowledge. The harder job is somebody who has a really good medical background and wants to become a writer. He doesn't have time to rewrite a story extensively. Placement and disclosure Some freelance writers are paid by drug companies to cover medical meetings, and place stories about their products.
Full disclosure is the best way to go.
Bronstein would then make sure that the writer would get a comment from an independent investigator, and write a balanced story. But if he finds out after the fact that a writer was pitching a story for a drug company, he won't work with them again. That's the editor's prerogative. McMahon also buys all rights, but the editors, who used to freelance themselves, enforce that policy flexibly. The McMahon group also includes Anesthesiology News, General Surgery News, and Pharmacy Practice News.