In honor of the holiday spirit of making the world a better place, Dr. Natasha Jones shares insight from her recent article "The Technical Communicator as Advocate: Integrating a Social Justice Approach in Technical Communication." Plus, technical communicators share their New Year's Resolutions!

Dr. Tammy Rice-Bailey discusses findings from her new article "The Role and Value of Technical Communicators: Technical Communicators and Subject Matter Experts Weigh In," published recently in Technical Communication Quarterly. She explains how subject matter experts (SMEs) and technical communicators perceive the technical communicator's role, and she offers advice for technical communicators wanting to build relationships with SMEs.

Eric Shepherd, senior technical writer at Mozilla corporation, talks about his mission to document the entire web and invites you to join a Mozilla meeting.

Dr. Barbara Reynolds talks about developing a communication strategy for the mosquito-borne virus Zika. Dr. Reynolds is a Senior Advisor at the Centers for Disease Control on Crisis and Risk Communication and author of the book Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication.

Jennifer Morse, a product evangelist for MadCap software, defines topic-based authoring and helps technical communicators get started with this approach.

A discussion with two scholars of medical rhetoric. Dr. Lisa Meloncon analyzes websites available for adolescent boys with depression and Dr. Amy Reed discusses competing pamphlets about Down Syndrome given to expectant parents.

Dr. Leah Ceccarelli from the University of Washington discusses her recent article, Scientific ethos and the cinematic zombie outbreak: Science in fictional narratives, which analyzes how scientists are portrayed in World War Z, I Am Legend, and 28 Days Later.

Kristin Cantrell, a Technical Writer II at Southwest Airlines, talk about getting into tech comm, developing the skills a technical writer needs, and getting FAA approval.

Tom Johnson of idratherbewriting.com talks about writing API documentation for developers.

Jonathan Saunders, technical writer at Uber, discusses his career and upcoming trends in technical communication.