Job address
US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Arts, AV/Technology, & Communications
occupation category
Technical Writers
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Maintains a journal or log of activities related to the information seeking evaluating, and communicating process
- Legally obtains, stores, and disseminates text, data, images, or sounds
- Identifies what type of information source is needed to meet the information need
- Evaluates work for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and grammatical correctness
- Identifies appropriate sources by conducting research through reading and exploring background information on potential sources
- Applies search strategies to various research resources, adjusting for different user interface
- Documents guidelines for the appropriate usage of industry assets and technology
- Selects the appropriate writing style and voice for the media outlet selected
- Restates relevant source material in his/her own words in the language appropriate for the audience
- Engages in peer review from other colleagues or teammates, such as developers, other journalists or editors
- Discloses potential conflicts of interest to editor or in story piece (if appropriate or permissible)
- Reviews and refines document plan
- Edits for readability, grammar and usage
- Collaborates with graphics specialists
- Seeks the objective truth, minimizes harm, acts independently, interviews a variety of sources, factchecks, is publicly accountable
- Follows intellectual property, copyright, and Fair Use policies
- Develops a story line or research question
- Identifies additional types of resources to include multiple perspectives
- Develops and produces user manuals and user guides for products
- Utilizes topography to best arrange and present the written work for the type of product being produced
- Plans layout and document design
- Records all pertinent citation information for future reference
- Identifies the audience
- Posts permission granted notices for copyrighted material
- Does not represent work attributable to others as own
- Examines privacy policies for different types of data or information accessed
- Abides by journalism ethics guidelines, as outlined by professional associations and organizations, such as Society of Professional Journalists and Poynter Institute.
- Retains transcripts and audio-recordings from interviews
- Interviews subject matter experts
- Retrieves information needed through collections, services and individuals
- Collects all the relevant information for a project, such as basic concepts, technology stack, coding conventions, repository strategy, and even a list of keywords or terms for a glossary
- Implements a docs-as-codes approach to document project as you go including version control systems and source code
- Conducts research
- Focuses the story idea or research question based on information found
- Selects design and publication tools
- Documents end user interactions with the product and analyzes results for future improvement
- Examines and compares information from various sources in order to evaluate reliability, validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness, and bias
- Uses audience analysis techniques to understand the target audience (demographics), level of technical knowledge related to the product, interests and needs
- Determine information flow and level of detail
- Incorporates digital images, quotes, and data, as appropriate; ensures that graphics, etc. do not distort the tone or meaning of the story
- Identifies time, technology and resource constraints and delivery options
- Coordinates with printer and or media production house
- Designs UX (user experience)
- Recognizes the FOIA and the First Amendment and their impact on the journalism profession and society
- Brainstorms related topics and concepts for the key subject areas involved
- Creates a system for organizing the information
- Produces style guides to ease collaboration, reduce time in creating error-free documents, enhance accuracy and consistency, and develop a distinctive voice and tone, among other benefits
- Manages content with specific tools including MS Word, RoboHelp and Frameworker
- Coordinates with web site developer or administrator
- Analyzes the presentation of the story, project or performance within the framework of journalism
- Accurately attributes quotes to appropriate sources
- Obtains feedback on information and technical accuracy
- Develops a research strategy using Boolean operators, truncators, proximity operators, etc
- Selects style and tone
- Identifies sources with alternate viewpoints to provide context and balance
- Identifies appropriate investigative methods
- Recognizes cultural, physical, or other context within which the information was created and its impact on interpreting the information
- Understands the application and use of Software and hardware, Networks, Cloud infrastructure, Databases, UX and design, Coding, Version control, APIs, Automation, DevOps, and QA and the role each plays in the development and deployment of the product
- Deploys facts and figures within product rather than personal or political statements Engages in peer review from other colleagues or teammates, such as developers, other journalists or editors
- Applies policies related to interviewing people and human subjects research; recognizes the ethical obligation to provide equal time and access to different interviewees as information sources
- Follows professional ethics and principles in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness and diversity
- Develops feedback/validation vehicles
- Documents the development, progress and history of products in order to maintain complex information about the product
- Structures and organizes information in the most user-friendly way
- Deploys facts and figures within product rather than personal or political statements
- Extends initial synthesis, when possible, to a higher level of abstraction to construct new story idea/angle that may require additional information
- Applies the principles of laws and freedom of speech and press in the countries where work is being done; understands the range and systems of freedom around the world including the right to dissent, to monitor and criticize power, and to assemble to petition for redress or grievance
- Applies principles that consider societal diversity in culture, gender, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation when producing mass communication products
- Tests, validates and verifies for usability
- Selects an appropriate documentation style and uses it consistently to cite all information sources
- Provides advice regarding delivery media and methodology
- Manages time by creating a schedule of when research or field work will be completed in accordance with deadlines
- Publishes information on websites
- Integrates new and prior information, including quotations and paraphrases, in a manner that supports the purposes of the story or research question
- Utilizes graphic design to visually communicate complex ideas through illustration
- Organizes the content in a manner that supports the purpose and format of the story
- Expands research using database controlled vocabularies specific to the discipline
- Visually and verbally represents information (including facts, graphs, statistics, tables and figures) in the most accessible way for consumption by the intended audience
- Interview and/or observe target audience
