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The Torch. A monthly newsletter for Smithsonian employees, featuring 



profiles, question-and-answer columns about interesting jobs, previews 

 of upcoming events, classified ads, and more. Circulation is 10,300, 

 which includes staff and a list of interested individuals and 

 organizations outside the Smithsonian. Editor: Mary Combs. 



Smithsonian Institution Research Reports. A quarterly newsletter that 



disseminates information on Smithsonian research to an audience of about 

 73,000 readers (10,000 scientists, libraries, museums, universities, 

 journalists, and others and 63,000 Contributing Members of the National 

 Associate Program). Editor: Jo Ann Webb. 



Smithsonian Runner. A bimonthly newsletter for Native Americans, featuring 

 informational updates on the National Museum of the American Indian and 

 articles on research and other projects, activities and events at the 

 Smithsonian that are of particular interest to Native Americans. 

 Circulation is 1,600, which includes Native American journalists and 

 community leaders. Editor: Robert Tenequer 



Smithsonian Marine Station at Link Port. A 12-page, five-color brochure that 

 tells about the work of the Smithsonian Marine Station--a research 

 facility at which scientists study diverse and abundant marine life and 

 coastal environments — located in Fort Pierce, Fla., on the state's mid- 

 Atlantic coast. Writer: William Schulz 



Conservation Analytical Laboratory. A 12-page, two-color brochure that 

 describes the work of the Smithsonian's Conservation Analytical 

 Laboratory--a center for research and training in the conservation of 

 museum materials--located in the Museum Support Center in Suitland, Md. 

 Writers: David Maxfield and Eleanor McMillan 



Resources at the Smithsonian for Native Americans. A newly updated eight- 

 panel flyer that describes what is available at the Smithsonian for 

 members of the Native American community. 



The Beauty and Diversity of Our Planet . A 30-second public-service 



announcement for television, with actor Robert Redford, highlighting 

 some of the research the Smithsonian is doing and encouraging viewers to 

 learn more about the Earth and how people, plants, and animals depend on 

 each other. Coordinator: Li 1 as Wiltshire 



Smithsonian News Service. A feature-story service that provides four articles 

 and appropriate art work each month to more than 1,100 daily and weekly 

 newspapers and other media in the United States and abroad. 



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