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What's a press release? Do you need one? Why does it have to be written in AP Style? What's AP Style?? All these questions and more are answered in this blog!

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Repost from Virginia "Ginny" Clarke How does your written communication impact your professional image and opportunities? In today’s digital age, the quality of your writing—whether it’s an email, memo, or even a text—can significantly influence perceptions of your professionalism and readiness for advancement. Don’t let casual habits undermine your career. Watch my YT video for an in-depth discussion on the unspoken rules of professional communication. #ProfessionalWriting #CareerGrowth #CommunicationSkills #LeadershipReadiness #GinnyClarkeWisdom

When I started my second newsroom job, in 1994, I still did not have a personal or a work email account; my first emails came a year later, when my company added a rudimentary system that we mostly used internally at first (because hardly anyone else in the community had email, either). Before then, as a working journalist, I was handling a lot of letters in the mail, faxes, and phone calls. Today, I looked at my university email box and realized just in this one university job, which I have had for about the past decade, I have handled more than 100,000 UH emails (and I probably have dealt with twice that amount on my personal account). I tell my students all of the time that they're preparing for a world (and a career) that they can't even imagine yet. I don't think they believe me, judging by their reactions. But here's a tiny testament just from my life. When people ask me what I do for work nowadays, I often will reply: email. I have never taken a class on email; I have no formal training in email. I just do it. I adapted. ... I'm not saying that in a negative way; just that email takes up many hours of every workday, I couldn't do my job without it, and I think we all should surface for discussion this aspect of everyday life that gets taken for granted, and we should acknowledge that crafting and responding to such messages is a professional skill and a significant labor; email needs formal attention from both the producer and consumer; related compositional skills have become a significant part of what many people do for their living. It's not the same type of writing that happens in any other medium or genre. It's not a minor part of a job; it's not a tertiary concern; it's not a part of the job that most people can ignore; it's a lot of the core work.

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Greetings jargon haters; a simple practical tip for you: If you want to de-jargon your external communication, don't pressure your interns and non-sector new hires to fit in too quickly. Most newbies are desperate to adopt the in-group language i.e. corporate speak of the company or organisation they work for. Instead, why not ask them to write down every word they don't understand for their first month? At the end, stick the top five most used and incomprehensible words on a piece of flipchart paper (finally, an actual use for this godforsaken object). Then copy it and pin the papers all over the office with the words (in shouty red letters): 'REALITY CHECK: THIS IS HOW LITTLE NORMAL PEOPLE UNDERSTAND US'. It's just a thought but the idea has always gone down well with everyone from CEOs to interns when I've proposed it in training. It's crucial to get people while they are fresh and before they become indoctrinated with your in-house BS. Otherwise, you'll lose a valuable conduit to how the outside world sees you. #jargon #CorporateSpeak

I wondered for a while, even after I’d paid for and enrolled in my scoping course, if being a transcript editor was a legit job. I wondered if court reporters would want to work with someone new with no real experience in the legal field. Turns out, the coursework I completed is well respected and valued (Internet Scoping School by Linda Evenson). Turns out, court reporters not only took a chance on someone new, but they also appreciated the editing I was able to do for them. If you’re looking for a work-from-home position, maybe scoping is right for you like it is for me. #scopist #workfromhome #workfromanywhere #professionalediting #courtreporting

𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘'𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 If you are young and just starting out in your career, you will want to explore a relatively wide field related to your inclinations - for instance, if your affinity is words and writing, try all the different types of writing until you hit upon the right fit. If you are older and have more experience, you will want to take the skills you have already developed and find a way to adapt them more in the direction of your true calling. Steve Jobs, as one example, merged his two great fascinations: technology and design. -Daily Laws by Robert Greene