Communicator

What is Communicator?

Communicator is the authoritative journal for UK technical communicators. It is home to high quality, objective, and peer-reviewed features - current, relevant, and in-depth. Click on the image to review an historical copy of Communicator.

Communicator is published quarterly, and offers:

• News, current discussions, and reports from events
• Case studies, methods, and technology
• Book reviews and tool reviews
• Articles on the trends, culture, and theory of technical communications, for example: editing, indexing, translation, DITA, content management, social media.
• Tips on writing and best practices
• Community listings, so you can get involved in events, forums, and local area groups
• Expert opinions and contacts

Any technical communicator can contribute – we welcome articles from anybody with an interest in the field. Why not raise your profile by submitting an article?

Communicator’s readership includes:

• Technical authors and documentation project managers
• Business procedure writers
• User assistance designers
• Illustrators and graphic designers
• ILS engineers
• Translators and translation project managers
• Editors and proof-readers
• Web content developers
• Software location engineers

We welcome contributions and advertisements for Communicator.

Email the Commissioning Editor or contribute through the Letters page. For guidelines on contributing, please refer to:

• Contributor Guidelines
• There are two optional Microsoft Word templates available:
• 2 column template - for articles
• 3 column template - for news items and regular columns
• Reviewer Guidelines 
• House Style

Communicator - Winter 2011

See what's in the next issue of Communicator - download the Table of Contents. If you are a member or a subscriber, you will, of course, receive this issue when it is published. Otherwise, if there is something of interest to you, contact the ISTC Office to purchase a copy.

Award winning journal

Communicator is now an award winning journal. In both 2010 and 2011 it has won an APEX Award of Excellence in the 'Magazine and Journals - print, over 32 pages' class recognising Communicator as a quality publication.

Advertising

To advertise in ISTC publications, please contact:

Felicity Davie
Tou-can Marketing
Tel: +44 (0) 1344 773807
E-mail: Advertising

Subscriptions

Communicator is free to members and available to non-members via a print subscription or online:

• Print version. Prices for 2011-12: UK £38, Europe £45, rest of world £50
  
  There is a £10 discount on proof of membership of an INTECOM member society. Check the TCeurope site to see if your national body belongs.
  
  To subscribe, contact the ISTC Office (subscriptions may be made by direct debit, credit card or cheque).
  
  
• Online version. The online version costs £9 per issue.