Communicator

What is Communicator?

The 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.

The Communicator is delivered to you 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

To download the contents of a sample issue as a PDF file, please click on the adjacent cover.

We welcome contributions and advertisements for Communicator. For information, refer to:

• Contributor Guidelines (43kB). A Microsoft Word template is available to assist you.
• Reviewer Guidelines (30kB)
• House Style (41kB)

To contact the Editor see contacts.

Communicator - Summer 2010

See what's in the coming edition 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.

Resources associated with articles

Subscriptions

Communicator is free to members and available to non-members on subscription for:

2008-9: UK £37, Europe £42, rest of world £45

There is a £10 discount on proof of membership of an INTECOM member society. Check the INTECOM or TCeurope site to see if your national body belongs.

To subscribe, contact the ISTC Office (subscriptions may be made by credit card or cheques).

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