Call for Proposals, Special Issue of Technical Communication: Transmedia, Participatory Culture, and Digital Creation

In recent years, digital creation has become a more participatory process. As media companies struggle to maintain control over their own products, consumers continually demand more access to the creative process and more input on the final results. While this may seem on the surface to be a simple matter of intellectual property, a closer examination of trends reveals that both consumers and media companies have much to gain (and lose) from this debate.

Intercom Outstanding Article and Guest-Edited Issue Awards

STC gives out two awards for the exemplary work published in Intercom: the best article of the year and the best guest-edited issue of the year. This year’s judging team for the awards consisted of Saul Carliner (Chair), Michelle Despres, Linda Oestreich, Kirk St.Amant, Marta Rauch, and Kelly Schrank.

2017 May Special Issue of Technical Communication: Globalizing/Localizing User Experience

The 2017 May issue of Technical Communication focuses on the theme of “Globalizing/Localizing User Experience: Strategies, Practices, and Techniques for Culturally Sensitive Design.” This special issue, guest edited by Guiseppe Getto of East Carolina University and Huatong Sun of University of Washington Tacoma, includes five articles that will change the way you think about the teaching and practice of the field.

STC RSS Feeds

STC has a number of RSS feeds for its publications. With the revamp of the STC website, the RSS feed addresses have been updated.  If your community website has links to these feeds, you’ll need to update them.

Updates on STC's Technical Communication Journal

Sam Dragga | Journal Editor I have several news items to share about STC’s quarterly research journal: Changes to Cover Competition: Two Annual Deadlines The competition to create the illustration for the journal’s cover is getting simpler, with only two Read more

STC Communities and Staff Win APEX Awards

STC is proud to announce that five STC communities and the STC staff recently were named winners in APEX 2016, the 28th Annual Awards for Publication Excellence. APEX Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the ability Read more