RE: Tech writers are the new accountants

Subject: RE: Tech writers are the new accountants
From: "Pinkham, Jim" <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com>
To: "Al Geist" <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:15:07 -0600

Point well taken.

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From: Al Geist [mailto:al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:50 AM
To: Pinkham, Jim; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Tech writers are the new accountants

Jim Pinkham wrote:

"As one who is both a tech writer AND a journalist, I agree with Connie
to a point. In both types of writing, we strive to be accurate, concise,
and clear. In both, we have a responsibility to be objective -- though
technical writing probably taps that responsibility less often."

As another tech writer/journalist, I would add to Jim's statement that
the journalist can always use "alleged," whereas, the tech writer, no
matter how much he/she wants to, can't.

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References:
Re: Tech writers are the new accountants: From: john
Re: Tech writers are the new accountants: From: cewinch
RE: Tech writers are the new accountants: From: Leonard C. Porrello
RE: Tech writers are the new accountants: From: Pinkham, Jim
RE: Tech writers are the new accountants: From: Al Geist

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