Question and Answer: An Anniversary Interview with Jane Gitschier

Important interviews sometimes become iconic—think of Frost interviewing Nixon. More rarely, the interviewers themselves become ingrained in the cultural landscape—think of Mike Wallace from 60 Minutes or Terry Gross from NPR. Here at PLoS Genetics, Jane Gitschier (Image 1) has been conducting published interviews for five years, and her voice has become part and parcel with the journal. To mark the five-year anniversary of the journal’s launch, and of Jane’s interviews, she has turned the tables and interviewed herself to allow our readership to get to know her and the process a little bit better.