Annette Flanagin, RN, MA, FAAN
JAMA
Managing Deputy Editor, JAMA, and Director, Editorial Operations, JAMA and Archives Journals. (multiple positions since 1988)
Prior Editor’s Position: Editor and assistant editor, JOGNN, 1978-88
Years as Editor: Since 1987
Years in INANE: Since 1988
Other Position: Wife and mother, but then again, I’m an editor in those positions as well.
Accomplishment: Serving as President of the Council of Science Editors
Best: Separating the wheat from the chaff
Worst: To paraphrase Adlai Stevenson, publishing the chaff
Amusing: I’m amused by it all.
3 words: The words would depend on the colleagues.
Strangest request: "I’ll show you mine, if you’ll show me..."
If not editor?: Be a judge on American Idol — I’d be able to use the same skill set.
Relax?: By completing surveys about myself.