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2008 SSP 30th Annual Meeting, Westin Copley, Boston, MA

Concurrent 2D: Builing a Better Blog: Value Added or Just Another Distraction?

Speakers

Jane Hiebert-White
Jane Hiebert-White is the executive publisher of Health Affairs, a monthly journal at the intersection of health, health care and policy. At the journal for nearly 25 years, Jane has held numerous editorial and business positions, including executive editor. She currently heads Health Affairs’ business operations, including development of the journal’s Web site, communications, and social media outreach. Health Affairs reaches an audience of health care CEOs, industry analysts, government policymakers, and scholars in fields from economics and political science to medicine and law. The journal is online at www.healthaffairs.org

Jane oversaw the launch of Health Affairs Blog in 2006. Today, Members of Congress, health care business leaders, scholars, and analysts contribute to the blog, which has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USAToday, and listed as a “Recommended Resource” by the New York Times.

Birte Twisselmann
Birte Twisselmann has worked for various British and European private sector publishing companies, as well as the National Health Service, since she moved to London in the early 1990s. Her roles have included marketing,
subediting, writing, translating, and web editing, and have involved reference books; business, economics, and financial information; and medical/scientific information. She has been in her current role as assistant editor at bmj.com since 2005. Birte holds an MA and PhD in English and classics, and a diploma in translation.
David Crotty
David Crotty is a Senior Editor with Oxford University Press’ journal publishing program. He currently oversees a suite of society-owned medical and life sciences journals. David has previously served as an Executive Editor with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, creating, acquiring, and editing new science books, creating and running new journals, and managing the Press’ online content. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia University and did postdoctoral research at Caltech before moving from the bench to a science publishing house. As one of the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s “chefs” at The Scholarly Kitchen blog, David regularly writes about the intersection of technology and publishing.