For people in my prefession, these are the bibles, so to speak:

Live Design Magazine: http://livedesignonline.com/

PLSN (Pro Light and Staging News): https://www.plsnbookshelf.com/catalog/

Interview Progress

My amazing friend, Ben, is a lighting designer for a theatre company I used to work for. He gave me an interview on the research, reading, and writing involved with Lighting, and technical theatre in general. He is a designer and Technical Director for a school district, and also owns his own lighting company that does events and rentals. He confirmed my ideas about reading and writing in the discipline- read the trade magazines and look at the pretty pictures.

Writing in My Discipline

So, Technicians. What kind of reading or writing do we do? Specifically, what do scenic designers read and write? Well, we read trade magazines, history and art books, examples and ground plans of former work. We write our plans and letters to directors.