Communicating with people, not lawyers

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Gifford, Claude W. (author / Director, Office of Information, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    Circa 1973
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 68 Document Number: D10748
    Subject Term:
    agriculture news, communication barriers, communicator effectiveness, communicators, comprehension, editing, information issues, media relations, readability, writing skills, writing styles, journalist effectiveness, information barriers, USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), reader response, and l
    Notes:
    2 pages., Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Claude W. Gifford Collection., Emphasis on writing public information that is readable and understandable. Cites an example of a proposed news release from the deputy of one USDA agency. It contained a 68-word sentence found not understandable.

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