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Subject:OT - Tech writer on Jeopardy From:Gilda_Spitz -at- markham -dot- longview -dot- ca To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:09:38 -0400
Has anyone been watching Jeopardy this week? They've had a champion who's a
technical writer (I missed the end of the show last night, so I don't know
if he won again). I think his name is Steven Silver.
During the interview portion, Alex Trebek asked him what a tech writer
does. When Steven described his work, he received the usual kind of
response about not understanding computers at all. I was delighted to see
Steven explain that we write so that people CAN understand.
So nice to see our profession in the spotlight, so to speak. Good going,
Steven!
