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.

Katherine Spivey discusses the law and techniques of Plain Language. Spivey serves as the General Services Administration’s Plain Language Launcher, coordinating GSA’s plain language program. She is also co-chair of the Plain Language Action and Information Network (PLAIN) and teaches plain language courses for Digital Gov University and numerous federal agencies.

A supersized holiday variety special featuring Edward Smyda-Homa talking toy instructions and tech comm, Dr. Keith Botner giving evidence-based strategies for improving charitable giving, and special guest technical communicators sharing their New Year's resolutions!

Dr. Miriam F. Williams, co editor of Communicating Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in Technical Communication, discusses the impact of race and ethnicity on user experience.

Dr. Felicia Chong of Oakland University talks about how user-generated beauty tutorials function as effective technical communication.

Liz Fraley of single-sourcing.com talks about how companies can successfully make the shift to single sourcing.

Dr. Carolyn Boiarsky, Professor of English at Purdue University Calumet, discusses her research into the emails preceding the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.