Investing in the Future

Subject: Investing in the Future
From: "etymes -at- lts -dot- com" <etymes -at- lts -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 16:30:54 -0800


Folks:

We're in the process of finalizing a scholarship at Stanford and I realized that what we're doing is something others on this board might like to do at the venue of their choice. We've set up a $1000 annual scholarship to underwrite a student doing a summer internship in some facet of technical journalism - writing about technical issues for a newspaper, radio or TV station, or internet publication, or working as an aide to a columnist who specializes in technical subjects, or working in marcom or engineering as a technical writer. We directed the scholarship at staff members of the Stanford Daily because, at Stanford, it offers one of the best places to learn clear and accurate writing.
The purpose of our scholarship isn't publicity for us; it's to promote the idea that writing about technology is a special skill, one that requires both college level training and on the job experience. It came about because of what we've seen happen with Daily staffers when they go professional: one in particular became best writer of the bunch doing the original Microsoft trial coverage. We want these kids to realize that technical journalism (and I include what we call technical writing within that definition) is an important and profitable field.
I don't want this message to start an argument over whether technical writing belongs within technical journalism, or vice versa, or not at all. This is about investing in the future of our field. In good times we hear a lot of complaints about the writing of junior level tech writers - here is a place to start doing something about it. If you make the donation to the college or university of your choice, you not only get the satisfaction of seeing your name on a scholarship, but you get a tax deduction as well!

Elna Tymes
Los Trancos Systems





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References:
RE: Tech Writing: The Next Generation: From: Sean O'Donoghue-Hayes (EAA)

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