title: Advice for a young editor: risks and rewards of dental journalism.
abstract: Editors and authors care to communicate with readers, and this concern guides their work. Politics is part of the job. There are organizations and various support for beginning editors, but becoming engaged with many colleagues and reading widely are essential for editors. Journalism is hard work. Constant innovation, rewriting, and resubmission are expected.
authors.affiliation: drhfseldin@aol.com
authors.forename: Harriet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seldin
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007598:Journalism, Dental; D012953:Societies, Dental; D014481:United States