Editing New Scientist (section)

===Modern format===
In the 21st century, until May 2019, ''New Scientist'' contained the following sections: Leader, News (Upfront), Technology, Opinion (interviews, point-of-view articles and letters), Features (including cover article), CultureLab (book and event reviews), Feedback (humour), The Last Word (questions and answers) and Jobs & Careers. A [[Tom Gauld]] cartoon appears on the Letters page.<ref>{{cite work|title=New Scientist|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=2014}}</ref> A readers' letters section discusses recent articles and discussions also take place on the website. Readers contribute observations on examples of [[pseudoscience]] to Feedback, and offer questions and answers on scientific and technical topics to Last Word. ''New Scientist'' has produced a series of books compiled from contributions to Last Word.

From issue 3228 of 4 May 2019, ''New Scientist'' introduced a "slightly updated design, with ... a fresher, brighter feel". A dedicated "Views" section was added between news reports and in-depth features, including readers' letters, comment, and reviews on science, culture and society. Regular columnists were introduced, and columns in the culture pages. The light-hearted "Back Pages" includes the long-standing Feedback and The Last Word, puzzles, and a Q&A section.<ref name=new2019>{{cite journal |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-introducing-this-weeks-new-look-new-scientist-magazine/ |title=Introducing this week's new-look New Scientist magazine |website=New Scientist |issue=3228 |page=3 |author=Emily Wilson |date=4 May 2019 |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529204518/https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-introducing-this-weeks-new-look-new-scientist-magazine/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sciencegarden Onlinemagazins für junge Forschung Deutschland.|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://sciencegarden.de/online-casino-osterreich/|url-status=usurped|format=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412041241/https://sciencegarden.de/online-casino-osterreich/|archive-date=12 April 2021|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

Online readership takes various forms. Overall global views of an online database of over 100,000 articles are 10.8m by 7m unique users according to [[Google Analytics]], {{as of|January 2019|lc=y}}. On [[social media]] there are 3.5m+ [[Twitter]] followers, 3.5m+ [[Facebook]] followers and 100,000+ [[Instagram]] followers {{as of|January 2019|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|date=2015|title=Audience & Brand|url=http://mediacentre.newscientist.com/audience-and-brand|access-date=20 May 2015|work=New Scientist Media Centre|archive-date=20 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520035045/http://mediacentre.newscientist.com/audience-and-brand|url-status=live}}</ref>