USMS would like feedback on the May/June issue of SWIM Magazine. Your comments may help us improve future issues. Your input is valuable, whether you're pointing out strengths or areas for improvement. This thread will be reviewed by Bill Volckening, USMS SWIM Magazine Editor, and the USMS Communications Committee.
Suggested topics include:
Which articles do you like or dislike? Why?
Suggestions for articles that would you like to see added.
Suggestions for articles that you would like to see removed.
Suggestions for improving articles in the magazine.
Comments regarding design, layout, graphic appeal and photography.
Thanks in advance.
Hugh Moore
Chair, USMS Communications Committee
Parents
Former Member
Oh, and thanks for the phone number, Glenn. Now that I know the fate of my magazine, I will call.
But I do want to bring up an issue that I still regret not writing a letter to the editor over. A while back there was an article discussing re-hydration drinks, which cited some dubious and limited tests to demonstrate that drinks that contained some protein were better than those that don't. It was accompanied by a chart listing many different drinks, only one of which had that protein!
This article was a blatant advertisement and was not presented as such. It should not have been presented as a straight article; was the publisher paid to print it? Its presence makes all the articles in the magazine suspicious - what is the hidden agenda of this one? It also seems evident that the author of the article makes money from sales of the drink.
I noticed that in the next issue the same material was presented as the advertisement that it really is.
Oh, and thanks for the phone number, Glenn. Now that I know the fate of my magazine, I will call.
But I do want to bring up an issue that I still regret not writing a letter to the editor over. A while back there was an article discussing re-hydration drinks, which cited some dubious and limited tests to demonstrate that drinks that contained some protein were better than those that don't. It was accompanied by a chart listing many different drinks, only one of which had that protein!
This article was a blatant advertisement and was not presented as such. It should not have been presented as a straight article; was the publisher paid to print it? Its presence makes all the articles in the magazine suspicious - what is the hidden agenda of this one? It also seems evident that the author of the article makes money from sales of the drink.
I noticed that in the next issue the same material was presented as the advertisement that it really is.
