Hi Chuck, Nope, I will be 62 the day before I retire next April, definitely not too young in this high-stress job; I've been a professional journalist since 1968 and a high school or college journalist since I think 1963. So that's long enough. I don't know who will take over the science beat. But I believe the editors are pleased with science as a topic and I doubt that it will be abandoned. Science isn't a full-time beat, anyhow -- I cover the environment too, among other things. Thanks for asking. -- Joe On Aug 25, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Chuck Hards wrote:

Joe Bauman, you've said that your retirement is close- is The DesNews planning to move someone else into the science "beat"? (You are too young to retire, Joe!)

On 8/24/07, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:

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I just learned that the Salt Lake Tribune has eliminated their science section. I'm told their science writer was on vacation and received a call saying the "Science beat" has been eliminated from the paper.

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