The Official Publication of the STC Technical Editing SIG
We are pleased to announce our officers for 2013. They are:
• Co-Manager: Louise Galindo
• Co-Manager: Lori Meyer
• Treasurer: Dan Riechers
• Secretary: Lara Tellis
• Communications manager: Andrea Wenger
• Membership manager: Alicia Kerns
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Cheryl Stephens
This article was inspired by a talk given by Dominique Joseph to the Editors Association of Canada. The handout is here:
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Kelsey Berteaux, Undergraduate Scholarship Winner
I became a technical editor entirely by accident.
Before I was ever interested in English and editing, I worked in IT. I loved working in IT. The job was fast-paced, engaging, and often intense, but it was a blast.
Kelcie Sharp, Graduate Scholarship Winner
I first discovered my interest in technical editing during my undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where I worked as an intern for a semester at a publishing company that provided healthcare and medical information for magazines, newsletters, and websites for hospitals.
Continue reading “Learning the Ins and Outs of Technical Editing”
Elsa Kapitan-White
We’ve all heard the saying about the three most important things in real estate: location, location, location. That same advice also applies to using keywords on your web pages for search engine optimization (SEO).