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isPermaLink="false">http://www.stc-europe.org/?p=296</guid> <description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re on the radio! Our profession, that is. Today, August 21, the beeb (BBC Radio 4) is presenting a half-hour documentary on instruction manuals at 11:00am (London time). One of the interviewees is Simon Butler, President of the ISTC. If you are not able to tune in on the BBC at that time, you can [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re on the radio! Our profession, that is. Today, August 21, the beeb (BBC Radio 4) is presenting a <a
href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m4470" rel="external" tabindex="1">half-hour documentary on instruction manuals</a> at 11:00am (London time). One of the interviewees is Simon Butler, President of the <a
href="http://www.istc.org.uk" rel="external" tabindex="1">ISTC</a>.</p><p>If you are not able to tune in on the BBC at that time, you can listen to the <a
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8210144.stm" title="Link to BBC.co.uk for an article and podcast information for this documentary" rel="external" tabindex="1">podcast</a> that will be made.</p><p>We also recommend reading <a
href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2009/08/instruction-manuals-on-bbc-radio/" rel="external" tabindex="1">the article David Farbey wrote about this show</a>.</p><p>He writes:</p><blockquote><p> Technical writers (&#8230;) simply don&#8217;t get enough exposure, and this is the sort of publicity that we, as a profession, desperately need. (&#8230;) I hope that this programme will raise awareness that there is a profession of technical writing, and that there are professional technical writers who not only enjoy writing the instructions, but are actually pretty good at what they do.</p></blockquote><p>After the show, share your comments here, on <a
href="http://www.farbey.co.uk/" rel="external" tabindex="1">David&#8217;s blog</a>, or on <a
href="http://stceurope.ning.com/" rel="external" tabindex="1">the Ning site for our SIG</a> (requires SIG membership).</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.stc-europe.org/2009/08/21/technical-writers-on-the-bbc/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
