Development; where everything seems to revolve for a DevComm student; lectures, exercises, and the like. From the very first week in this course, we were asked to choose our news beats then come up with our own development-oriented topics. I asked myself, “Ano daw? Development-oriented? Paano?” I wondered how exactly should I come up with my own topics? So, I did what most would do, search the internet for online references and was able to have an idea. Moreover, I was also able to catch some from our lecture class. To sum it all up, here’s my criteria if a topic is development oriented:
- Purpose-driven
Topics for our works should have a purpose. This allows us to determine who we particularly want to reach and send our message to. It will also determine how we should construct our composition to align it to our audience.
2. Relevant and Stimulating for the Audience
Works produced will be useless if we can’t reach our targeted audience. Thus, we have to think of topics that are compelling to read/talk about. To achieve this, our topic should be relevant. It should be timely/up-to-date for everyone to relate to and to stimulate reactions or response.
3. Geared Towards Community Upliftment
A development-oriented topic should be geared towards community upliftment. It should be able to address issues in our community. It should also spread awareness and promote social mobilization. And, another statement I always hear in our lectures is that “it should be able to help the marginalized people in our community.”
To sum it all up, We should understand that we are writing “to the people and for the people.” Thus, we have to make sure that we produce significant outputs. However, as we are still development communicators in training, I hope that I may grow more and be able to produce these kinds of outputs. Having these three characteristics as only my starting point since further engagement to this educational program may change or improve these criteria.
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