Top tips for writing in house style
Keeping our content consistent Research has shown that our users like consistency, from how we present the website visually to…
Read more on Top tips for writing in house styleKeeping our content consistent Research has shown that our users like consistency, from how we present the website visually to…
Read more on Top tips for writing in house styleCommuting: most people do it, most people hate it. We know men do more of the longer commutes, and our…
Read more on Commuting: a case study on collaboratingWhat’s the idea? Currently, most of the chart titles used across the ONS are purely statistical, signposting the data within…
Read more on Say what you see – the way we write chart titles is changingStatistical bulletins are a critical part of what we do at the ONS. They are read by more people than…
Read more on Making better bulletins – let’s start with what we knowIn March I was fortunate enough to travel with a colleague to Chicago to participate in the annual NICAR (National…
Read more on Bet your bottom dollar, you’ll lose the blues in ChicagoLast month I burst out of the ONS bubble and spent a week in a Trinity Mirror newsroom.
Read more on A week in a newsroomWhen my colleague Laura Churchill and I joined the ONS editorial team early in 2016, top of our to-do list…
Read more on The past, present and future of ONS statistical bulletinsAs a somewhat newbie to the Civil Service, when I first heard the words “ConCon6” it is not surprising that…
Read more on ConCon6: making content countBy Lisa Jones and Tom Davy OK, so it wasn’t a movie, but it had moving images in it, so…
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