Technical Writing is very different than other forms of writing. Journalism is 'real world research' - the end result is some writing. Technical Writing is us

Technical Writing is very different than other forms of writing. Journalism is 'real world research' - the end result is some writing. Technical Writing is usually mostly just the end result part. Journalists 'research', technical writers 'form the right phrases'. It definitely helps to have domain knowledge but you don't need a degree in anything. Someone to write comprehensive docs - that's another story. You almost want an Engineer who is a 'good explainer', and then finished off by the technical writer who can clean it all up and help edit.