“It’s a struggle to find a development-oriented topic around your school’s area and a specific angle to write on.”
Karen Terese Rojas
Her statement on her 10 Things Only a Development Communication Major Will Understand is really true and I had a hard time finding one. We were given a task in DEVC 11 to find 3 development-oriented topics based on our news beat to be submitted next meeting and I was still asking myself, “Ano ‘yun?”.
So, I browsed the internet and read some articles and journals written by DevCom students. Based on their works, a development-oriented topic is:
- GOAL-ORIENTED. The topic should have goals and clear objectives. Why do we need to address this kind of topic? What’s the purpose of this?
- CONCERNED WITH MDG’s or SDG’s. As a development communication student, the topic should be related to development issues.
- COMMUNITY-CENTERED. It should concern the community – our audience. We are serving the people so our topic should be on how to help them especially the marginalized sector.
It’s difficult to find a development-oriented topic in a specific area but as a DevCom student, we should know what is a development-oriented topic. Well, it should answer the question – what is the purpose and for whom?
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