Plain English Awards

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Diane Macgregor

Judge: Best Plain English Technical Communicator category


Plain Language Editor, Communications Nova Scotia, Canada

Diane Macgregor is a plain language editor with Communications Nova Scotia, a government communications agency on Canada’s east coast, helping government specialists reach their target audiences with efficient, effective, human-centred documents. Diane has been a plain language advocate since the 1980s. She served as secretary on the founding board of Plain Language Association International (2008–2010), and currently serves as its treasurer.


2017 Plain English Awards judges