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Subject:Justification for Editing Dept. From:"Lisa Kemp" <lnk -at- ONTARIO -dot- COM> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Wed, 18 Oct 2000 06:31:19 -0700
I think our company would benefit from a centralized Editing Department.
The editors would edit work from Technical Communications, Marketing
Communications, and other departments. Does your company have such a
department? If so, maybe you could help me with the justification. I am
having a hard time convincing some people that editing is a separate
talent from writing and that good writers are not necessarily good
editors.
