Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken

Subject: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken
From: Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>
To: Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:29:21 -0500 (CDT)

I dunno if this thread-renaming will take.

I would have agreed with your definition until I got this last contract. I've been hired as a tech writer -- we're all called tech writers -- to write about banking regulations.

Are we still tech writers, or should we really be called business writers?

--Nancy


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