Jo Marchant has had a career in science journalism, starting with degrees in biological sciences and medical microbiology. She gained experience working at New Scientist magazine and as the online news editor at Nature, before becoming Nature's news editor. In her current role, she determines news strategies, commissions news stories from reporters around the world, edits the stories, and oversees the layout and production of the 8-page news section in Nature. Science news is covered by various publications from daily newspapers to scientific journals. Stories come from a variety of sources and Nature focuses on results that have broad implications, science policy issues, and stories that humanize scientists. The editing process involves commissioning, writing, editing and sub-editing stories before publication.