Who writes Nature’s “News & Views”? Nature’s “News and Views” articles summarize high-impact research published recently in other journals. The News &amp; Views articles are typically not written by the authors of the research paper, but by other researchers in the same field.

However, the topic of News &amp; Views articles are not covered at all in Nature’s information for authors. So, how are people writing the News &amp; Views chosen? Is it only by invitation of the editor? And who chooses the articles written about in the first place?
From the Nature guide on Other Submitted Material:


  
  News &amp; Views
  These articles inform nonspecialist readers about new scientific advances, as reported in recently published papers (in Nature and elsewhere). This is a commission-only section.
  


So the articles are selected and commissioned by Nature editorial staff, and written by invited authors. A quick look through recent News &amp; Views articles finds contributions from scientists and science writers (including former Nature writing / editorial staff).