Abby Hoops graduated from Ball State University in 2017 with a B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing.  She also double minored in Digital Publishing and Professional Writing and Emerging Media.  She currently works as both a Tech Writer and a Graphic Illustrator/Artist in Crane, Indiana, where her government job requires a variety […]

By Laura Weldon Are you interested in picking up a minor but aren’t sure which one to choose?  If you want to develop strong written communication skills that employers value and learn how to create content for a variety of audiences, then a minor in Professional Writing and Emerging Media is for you.  The versatile […]

Here at Ball State, researchers in the Rhetoric and Composition Doctoral Program and the undergraduate program in Professional Writing and Emerging Media have been conducting microstudies of microblogging and other forms of networked writing, using qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to data collection and analysis in order to develop rich profiles of social networking site (SNS) […]

Have you heard about the new Minor in Professional Writing? If you haven’t yet, it’s likely that you’re about to hear a lot more in the coming weeks and months. No matter your major or concentration, the courses in the Professional Writing Minor can help you establish the kind of ethos that employers across industries […]