Re: PR/TW Help

[Yaeger Hyde <y_hyde -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Krysta
Well, we sometimes get asked to review or edit PR
material, but there's one other fact I think might be
of interest.  A techncial writer must be aware that,
in a sense, all documentation s/he produces is PR
materail.  WHen I first started work as a technical
writer, I made the major boo-boo of acting like I was
writing third-party documentation and actually
criticizing the software in a manual I was writing. 
If I were a freelance writer doing a book on MS Word,
FrameMaker, etc., that would be okay, but not when I'm
working for the company that makes the software I'm
documenting.  At least I only had to be told once.

-----Original Message-----
From: Krysta J. Nibe [mailto:krystajo -at- iastate -dot- edu] 
Subject: PR/TW Help



Do any of you have experience in public relations?
Have you ever been
asked 
to step in and help with press releases or other
public relations
projects? 
In your opinion, would technical writers benefit from
public relations 
training in addition to technical writing training?




	
		
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