Dr. Katie Trauth Taylor of Untold Content (https://untoldcontent.com/) talks about a recent collaboration between her company and Action Learning Network to create infographics and social media materials about COVID-19 for heart failure patients and their parents. Check out the infographics here: https://www.actionlearningnetwork.org/covid19. Follow @TechCommUAH or email Ryan Weber at [email protected] for more information about the show.

Jacinta Bowler from Science Alert (https://www.sciencealert.com/) talks about how she reports on the changing situation surrounding COVID-19. She discusses the challenges of reporting on uncertain science and making complex concepts clear for a large audience. Follow @TechCommUAH or email Ryan Weber at [email protected] for more information about the show.

Dr. Lehua Ledbetter talks about how beauty YouTubers from marginalized communities expand our definitions of procedural discourse and success in technical communication. She shares insight from her work, including "Tactical Technical Communication in Communities: Legitimizing Community-Created User-Generated Instructions," written with Dr. Avery Edenfield. Follow @TechCommUAH or email Ryan Weber at [email protected] for more information about the show.

Dr. Chris Dayley shares his research into how students perceive diversity in university technical communication programs and offers strategies for making these programs more inclusive.

Dr. Natalia Matveeva and Dr. Godwin Agboka, co-editors of the recent collection Citizenship and Advocacy in Technical Communication: Scholarly and Pedagogical Perspectives, talk about the best ways of doing technical communication advocacy. Follow @TechCommUAH or email Ryan Weber at [email protected] for more information about the show.

Welcome to the first episode in a series about making technical communication more inclusive. Dr. Avery Edenfield talks about his research into the ways that transgender people share experiences and repurposed scientific literature in online forums. These types of communities help technical communicators redefine standards of success and emphasize participatory research design. Dr. Edenfield shares insights from his recent publications, including "Queering Tactical Technical Communication: DIY HRT," written with Steve Holmes and Jared S. Colton, and "Tactical Technical Communication in Communities: Legitimizing Community-Created User-Generated Instructions," written with Lehua Ledbetter. Follow @TechCommUAH or email Ryan Weber at [email protected] for more information about the show.

Dr. Saul Carliner shares data from "The State of the Technical Communication Industry: A Census of Technical Communicators," published in the December 2018 issue of Intercom. Follow @TechCommUAH or email Ryan Weber at [email protected] for more information about the show.

Dr. Jason Swarts, author of the recent book Wicked, Incomplete, and Uncertain: User Support in the Wild and the Role of Technical Communication, talks about how changes in technology have altered user needs and the role of technical communicators producing user help. Follow @TechCommUAH or email Ryan Weber at [email protected] for more information about the show.

Donna Lichaw (https://www.donnalichaw.com/), author of The User's Journey: Storymapping Products that People Love, talks about how the classic storytelling structure applies to the way people use products and the way that teams design them. Follow @TechCommUAH or email Ryan Weber at [email protected] for more information about the show.

Sidney Fussell, a reporter at The Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/author/sidney-fussell/), covers technology and its intersections with race, privacy, and surveillance. He talks about he researches, describes, and interprets technology clearly and effectively for audiences. Follow @TechCommUAH or email Ryan Weber at [email protected] for more information about the show.