David Wahlberg, Wisconsin State Journal

I was thinking of the good old days when it was just embryonic and adult stem cells. That was a pretty simple story to write because you had people who held positions on one or the other . . . now we have scnt and blastomeres, we have cord blood cells, iPS cells, direct re-programming --

It's confusing for a reporter and very confusing for the people we're writing for. These things come up like flashes in the pan and it's very difficult to know what to focus on and what to leave alone.

It's also the case the papers have fewer and fewer specialized reporters . . . we're trying to find ways to bring people to our website with video and slideshows and becoming more of a social networking place . . . my bottom line is that it's already really hard and going to get even harder to communicate well.