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		<title>Technical Writers on the BBC!</title>
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		<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>
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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>
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