The Death of STC: A Loss for Me But What Does It Mean for the Profession?

The Society for Technical Communication, once the world's largest professional organization for technical communicators, closed operations this January. This briefpaper explores a convenience sample of forces that led to that outcome and the questions these raise about the nature of associating for the purpose of furthering a profession in the future.

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2025-07-20
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https://doi.org/10.1109/procomm64814.2025.00060
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Radiology practices and education
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The Death of STC: A Loss for Me But What Does It Mean for the Profession?

Saul Carliner
Radiology practices and education
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The Death of STC: A Loss for Me But What Does It Mean for the Profession?

Saul Carliner
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The Society for Technical Communication, once the world's largest professional organization for technical communicators, closed operations this January. This briefpaper explores a convenience sample of forces that led to that outcome and the questions these raise about the nature of associating for the purpose of furthering a profession in the future.

Concordia University (CA)
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Radiology practices and education
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