The Official Publication of the STC Technical Editing SIG
On Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 1:30 PM ET (click here for your local time), join the STC Coalition online for a moderated group chat on helping writers grow through the function of editing.
Topics of discussion include:
For tickets, go to https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stccoalition/1389240
The goal of the STC Technical Editing SIG (TESIG) is to provide its members with high quality information about editing processes and best practices, as well as resources that demonstrate the value of editing and editors in an organization.
To meet this goal, we are happy to announce EdEx24, an online mini-conference dedicated to the field of technical editing and to technical editing practitioners.
EdEx24 will be held on 19 November 2024 from 8:45 AM to 12:00 PM ET (for your local time, go to https://tinyurl.com/yffvfspx). Come hear the following fascinating speakers:
We especially encourage students and new technical editing practitioners to join us!
To see details about the presentations and to purchase tickets for EdEx24, go to https://tinyurl.com/mrj62na5.
The price of the tickets is for the entire mini-conference, and attendees can join at any time. All sessions will be recorded, and the recordings and slides will be made available to attendees after the mini-conference.
EdEx24 attendees who are STC members can earn up to 2 CEUs for the full half-day program. For credit, submit a request for CEUs to certification@stc.org.
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth quiz in the Edit This! series, which is intended to help technical editing practitioners improve their editing skills by editing a challenging piece of text, and then seeing how they did.
We will be posting more of these quizzes throughout 2024-2025.
Try your hand (red pen?) on this edition of the New York Times’s Copy Edit This! quiz, written by Philip B. Corbett. Corbett is the associate managing editor for standards at The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/17/insider/copy-edit-this-quiz-5.html
Are you integrating AI into your editing processes? If so, your insights could be invaluable to ongoing research led by Dr. Lance Cummings at UNC Wilmington. He is conducting interviews to explore the strategies and challenges faced by technical editing practitioners using AI in their workflows. These interviews will contribute to a broader understanding of how AI is shaping the future of technical communication.
Dr. Cummings invites you to participate in a 30-45 minute interview conducted via Zoom, where you can share your experiences and perspectives. Your input will help uncover best practices and potential pitfalls, offering valuable guidance to others in the field.
If you’re interested in contributing to this important research, please contact Dr. Cummings at cummingsl@uncw.edu. Your participation will benefit both technical communication academics and practitioners, and provide you with a way to reflect on and share your expertise in this critical area.
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth quiz in the Edit This! series, which is intended to help technical editing practitioners improve their editing skills by editing a challenging piece of text, and then seeing how they did.
We will be posting more of these quizzes throughout 2024-2025.
Try your hand (red pen?) on this edition of the New York Times’s Copy Edit This! quiz, written by Philip B. Corbett. Corbett is the associate managing editor for standards at The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/10/insider/copy-edit-this-quiz-4.html