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It
is the art of making complicated facts understandable. A rare gift: the
technicians know enough about the subject, but are not good in explaining
it to others, the journalists on the other hand easily slip a technical
error into the text. Allrounders, that feel at home in both worlds, are
needed! |
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The
species of technical editors is still rare, although there is a special
qualification for it by now. That is why even very expensive high tech
articles still have manuals that you will only understand, after you found
out on your own how the device is working... |
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Technical
journalism on the other hand is underpaid: at some computer magazines the
secretary actually gets a higher salary than the editors do – at others
you are expected to work 16 hours a day and come in on Sunday too! The
whole pool of willing potential editors is thus worn out in a few years,
and so is the quality. |
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