atw: Re: The New World Order

  • From: "Matthew da Silva" <journo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:21 +1000

Hello Brian - I'm placing a link below to a feature I wrote recently that
includes a fair number of 'facts' in addition to other things. Just so you
know that journalists can be relied upon to include 'hard' stuff in their
creations as well as to reflect peoples' feelings, as these are encapsulated
in quotes. 

http://anthillonline.com/australia%E2%80%99s-emerging-solar-power-pioneers-f
ace-a-cloudy-future/

Regards,

Matthew da Silva   BA (Hons) MMediaPrac (Merit) Syd
p 0434 536 772 | e journo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | w matthewdasilva.com | t
twitter.com/matt_dasilva

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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Clarke
Sent: Friday, 20 November 2009 8:49 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: The New World Order

Hello Christine,

I have been trained as a research scientist. I can handle statistics with a 
fair amount of ease. Personal opinions never carry much weight with me. 
Sure, I might gather a few if I were interested in starting a contracted 
piece of research, in order to start some hypothesis generation. But until 
somone puts up some money, my forte will be criticism of the research 
methods, data, and analyses on the way to conclusions.

I have had 7 or is it 8 careers now. If technical writing falls in a heap, I

won't be the least worried - I'll move on to another. Or, I'll retire.

Much of the discussion about your topic has been at the production level, 
with little hints about perceptions of what the market wants - but little 
actual knowledge, as supported by real data, of what the market needs. I saw

a similar personal wailing and gnashing of teeth among teachers when I was 
at TAFE - no sense of what the market needed at all. 'I feel' and 'I 
perceive' are not data - they are the stuff of journalists' 'features'.

Brian.

Christine Kent asked:


> Brian and Terry, what about the topic?  Does it warrant discussion?  Do 
> you
> think that our industry is under threat or that we in any way need to 
> adapt
> to survive? 


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