Credits

Dr. Geert Jacobs developed the Press Release Guide used in the Business Writing Room. Dr. Jacobs is an assistant professor of English and Business Communication at the University of Ghent in Belgium. He received a PhD in linguistics in 1997 from the University of Antwerp, where he wrote a dissertation on press releases. His research focuses on the study of professional and institutional discourse in a pragmatic perspective. He has written a book on press releases and his research has been published in various journals including Text, Journal of Pragmatics and Journal of Sociolinguistics. You can email Dr. Jacobs at Geert.Jacobs@UGent.be