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Subject:Re: "Tech Writer" name From:Barb Miller <millerb -at- TCPLINK -dot- NREL -dot- GOV> Date:Mon, 27 Mar 1995 15:06:07 MDT
Cherlyn Paul asks:
". . . how do I announce myself professionally in a way that will
communicate accurately what I do and don't do (very intentional
present tense, there)??? I/we can't possibly be the only ones! How
do others do this?
Well, after being a Technical Communicator for years and years, I am
now a Communications Specialist. We also have staff called Science
Writers, but the duties aren't that much different than us
specialists. It's an issue we've struggled with.
Doesn't help much, does it.
Barb Miller
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
millerb -at- tcplink -dot- nrel -dot- gov
