My Interviewees as Professional Writers

In this post I will be reviewing the publications of the people I interviewed.

Cleaver, Alan. "Interview" Uploaded 8/10/2008 via Flickr. Creative Commons

Ryan Williams has authored a plethora of works, ranging from academic articles to research papers to lecture slides for class. Julie Klewer has published newsletters for the Arizona Society of Public Accountants, and for her company.

Ryan William's first paper is a research paper about how access to bank credit affects trade credit in the supplier-customer relationships of U.S. firms. His second is also a research paper about how a firm's customers and suppliers make relationship-specific investments whose value reduces if the firm undertakes risky investments. 

Julie Klewer's first paper is a newsletter about Roth IRA rules and married filing specifics, and her second is another newsletter about preventing tax-related identity theft. 

The main differences between these two genres is that Dr. William's papers are more formal and longer. A research paper is a bit more formal and less specific, delving into many different concepts and explaining them. The newsletter is less formal, and deals only with the topic in its title, which makes it shorter and have less depth. 

Conventionally, the newsletter is more straight and to the point, and made for the convenience of the reader. It is formatted so that the reader can skim through and fine what they want. The research paper is more bulky and more tailored to someone who would be reading it with interest.

The overall message of William's first piece is that supplier firms with "access to a bank line of credit or that borrow more on their line have higher outstanding trade credit" (Williams 18). The purpose is to inform the reader about the effects of bank credit.  

The message of his second piece is that there is a "significant negative impact of managerial risk-taking incentives on relationship-specific investments by both customer and supplier firms" (Williams 29). The purpose is to inform the reader about how a firm's investments affect the firm's relationships.

Julie Klewer's first newsletter is basically made to inform customers of their ability to file their tax returns when they are married. The message is that there are several ways to do this, and those ways are explained in the newsletter.

Her second newsletter is about how identity thieves use stolen social security numbers to steal peoples identities. The message is that this is a prominent problem and that you need to take the necessary steps to avoid it.