RE: Re: Microsoft wants journalists, not tech writers?

[Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> I think technical writers deal more with facts than
> with
> "truth."  A tech writer might document 350 bugs in
> the 
> current release in exacting detail.  A magazine
> journalist
> would write an article about how those 350 bugs mean
> the 
> current release is garbage.  I imagine that's what
> Mike 
> was thinking.

Again, it depends on who is paying the journalist.
These days, it's more common that the high-profile
tech journalists are contracted *by the product
vendor* to write a review of the product or tutorial
for it. I worked for a company that capitalized on
this. 

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