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It is meant to provide an introduction to policy brief writing with additional resources linked throughout.  \nIntroduction-why write a policy brief?  \n• Because you want policies or programs to change  \n• To shorten something so that a busy person will read it  \n• To simplify something for a non-scientific audience  \n• To take the important parts out of something that is long and detailed  \nHow are policy briefs structured differently than academic publications?  \nIn academic writing, you have to convince the reader that your methods merit the result. In policy-brief writing, you have to convince the reader that the results merits their attention. In other words, it is an act of translation-and to translate effectively, you need to know your audiences and their languages.  \nAcademic Writing  \n• Motivation  \n• Data  \n• Methods  \n• Findings  \n• Discussion  \nPolicy Brief Writing  \n• ~~ Motivation~~  \n• ~~ Data~~  \n• ~~ Methods~~  \n• Findings  \n• Discussion/Implications  \nIn policy briefs, provide the punchline up front, give only enough methods/data to understand the results, and refer the reader to a longer paper or technical appendix if necessary.  \nTypical policy brief outline  \n1. Summary (1st half of 1st page)  \n• Question(s)  \n• Policy background or other context  \n• Key finding(s)  \n2. Findings  \n• Organized to answer your questions  \n• Data/methods to provide context  \n• Headlines can be tracked visually  \n3. Recommendations or implications  \nPrompts for identifying your key findings • What were our research questions?  \n• What is the most important thing we learned?  \n• Why should someone pay attention?  \nSample policy brief editing timeline  \nAllow 6-8 weeks from start to finish.  \nWriting a brief takes time and many reviews to refine. 1st draft: Shorten  \n2nd draft: Restructure, improve flow  \n3rd draft: Make language understandable and consistent  \n4th draft: Make sentences short and eliminate unnecessary words 5th draft: Typos and data viz tweaks (confirm data visualization matches text!)  \nPhoto credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay  \nLanguage, jargon, and writing  \n• Target technically correct nomenclature that is simultaneously comprehensible to laypeople.  \n• Try to avoid too many caveats. Usually one will suffice.  \n• Sentences should be short (1-2 lines).  \n• Words should be short (1-3 syllables).  \n• ~~ Target technically correct nomenclature that is  simultaneously comprehensible to laypeople~~. Be accurate but simple.  \n• ~~ Try to ~~Avoid too many caveats. Usually one ~~will ~~suffices.  \n• Sentences should be short (1-2 lines).  \n• Words should be short (1-3 syllables).  \nIf you use these words, your reader may think:  \n“Exploit the data” Why are they harming it? Alternative: “use the data”  \n“The stock of claimants” Are they cooking soup? Alternatives: the “group” or “number of claimants”  \n“An unemployment spell” Is a fairy godmother making magic spells?  \nPhoto credit: The Walt Disney Company Alternative: “period of unemployment”  \n2 POLICY BRIEFS: TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO IMPACT  \nStrategies for better figures and tables  \n1. Tell the story in the title-what do you want the reader to focus on? Why did you include this figure or table?  \n2. Double check tables and charts are clearly labeled, numbered, referenced correctly (e.g., Table 1), and provide a source for the data. Also confirm any references you make to the figures or tables in the text match the figures or tables.  \nFigures  \n• Aim for a high data to ink ratioeliminate chart junk (like gridlines) that distract your reader.  \n• Annotate to help reader  \n• Label directly when possible  \nTables  \n• Right align numbers in tables  \n• Left align text and headlines in tables  \n• Highlight outlier","cbCaihYLVnaRAnIl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihYLVnaRAnIl","pdf",290180,6,"English","# Introduction-why write a policy brief?\n## How are policy briefs structured differently than academic publications?\n# Typical policy brief outline\n## Summary (1st half of 1st page)\n## Findings\n## Recommendations or implications\n# Sample policy brief editing timeline\n# Language, jargon, and writing\n## Targeting comprehension for lay audiences\n# Strategies for better figures and tables\n## Tell the story in the title\n## Validate labeling, references, and sources\n# Data visualization resources\n## Improving accessibility: writing alt text","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of a policy brief?\",\"answer\":\"A policy brief translates research findings into policy relevance by convincing readers that the results deserve their attention. 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