2010 WriteMark |
Friday 3 September 2010 |
New Zealand Plain English Awards |
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Judges for the 2008 WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards
The 2008 Plain English Awards will be judged by a panel of professional plain English experts and advocates.
Rachel McAlpine
Director, Contented Enterprises Ltd
Rachel McAlpine is a consultant, writer, editor, and trainer, and has specialised in online content since 1995. She is particularly keen to improve the quality of intranet and web content on government sites. Rachel is the author of Better Business Writing on the Web, Web Word Wizardry, Crash Course in Corporate Communications, and Global English for Global Business. She is also a poet, playwright, and novelist.
Jacquie Harrison
Senior Lecturer, School of Communication Studies, AUT University
Jacquie Harrison became seriously involved in the plain English philosophy in the early 1990s when she wrote her doctoral thesis on ‘Plain English and public documents in New Zealand’. Since that time Jacquie has conducted research projects on the accessibility of legislation. She also designs and delivers writing skills training courses for staff and managers in both the government and corporate sectors in New Zealand.
David Russell
Former CEO, Consumers' Institute
David Russell, long-time advocate for consumers’ rights, is the former CEO of Consumers’ Institute — a position he held for more than 15 years. As the Institute’s spokesman on a broad range of consumer issues, David’s name became synonymous with saving New Zealanders from dodgy dealings, large and small. As far back as the 1980s David was a part of New Zealand’s first plain English campaign. After asking the public to dob in pieces of impenetrable text, the offending document was sent back with a sticker that said, 'This is goobbledygook; use plain English!’
Neil James
Executive Director, Plain English Foundation, Australia
Neil James is our international guest judge. He was a keynote speaker at the first WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Conference in 2006.
After a long career in government and the media, Neil James completed a doctorate in English and set up Australia’s Plain English Foundation with Peta Spear. The Foundation combines plain English training, editing, and auditing with a public campaign for plain English. Neil has published two books and over 50 essays and articles on language and literature. Neil’s newest work, Writing at Work, a book on plain language and the professions, has been widely acclaimed as one of the best of its kind.
Sponsors
We would like to thank the following sponsors for their support in 2010.
