Jonathan R. Latham, PhD is co-founder and executive director of the Bioscience Resource Project, a non-profit dedicated to furthering public-interest science. The Project is the publisher of Independent Science News (independentsciencenews.org). Dr Latham has published peer-reviewed scientific papers in disciplines as diverse as plant ecology, virology, genetics, and RNA biology. He is now the editor of Independent Science News. His science writing has appeared in FAIR, Truthout, The Guardian, The Guardian Weekly, Counterpunch, The Ecologist, and numerous other media outlets.