SWET on Thursdays: Spring Events [announcements]

Unpacking Our Cultural Baggage

Presenter: Alan Brender, director of Writing Programs, Temple University Japan

Quality Issues in Online Education: Status and Impact of Global Web-Based Training

Presenter: Dr. Lynne A. McNamara, director of program development for Asia, University of Maryland University College

Working with Other People's Words [editing stages and decision-making]

Presenter: Jiho Sargent, copy editor and technical writer

Monthly Meeting Reports

The Art of the Interview: Techniques for Different Markets (HU) [panel discussion]

Panelists: Jocelyn Ford, U.S. Public Radio; Kohata Atsuko , radio and TV interviewer; Ann Sado, Legacy Memoirs; Moderator: Doreen Simmons, Foreign Press Center

Japanese Studies in the Electronic Age (LER, MW) [mailing list editorship]

Presenter: Michael Watson, editor, Premodern Japanese Studies Web site and its mailing list webmaster

Subheadings: The mechanics; Introductions; Monitoring Web site status; Sins of list editors; Dealing with awkward situations; Generating discussion

2001 SWET Book Fair [announcement, call for donations]

From the Trenches

The Macron and Me (DD) [development of computer fonts to represent Japanese long vowels]

Book Reviews

Writing for Change: An Interactive Guide to Effective Writing, Writing for Science, Writing for Advocacy (DD)

Proofreading Plain & Simple (SE)

Over Their Shoulders [translation comparison: essay on Buddhism]

Translators: John Toler, James Vardaman, Margaret Warren

Commentary: Jiho Sargent, copyeditor, technical writer, Buddhist priest