Re-evaluate

Qualities of a media writer

1. Curious or Inquisitive – 3
2. Intelligent – 2
3. Industrious – 2
4. Resourceful – 2
5. Persevering – 2
6. Imaginative – 2
7. Puts premium on accuracy and truth – 2
8. Loves to read – 2
9. Interested in and loves people – 2
10. Service Oriented – 2

Among the qualities listed, which quality would be the one that you need to work on the most? Why?

Development Communication was a field unknown to me, and yet, it is the thing that led me to many realizations and discoveries about the real world. It restores my connection with my culture and its people, and change my attitude towards providing service to my beloved country. However, through the course of studying DevCom, I realized that it is my lack of curiosity or inquisitiveness, which had led to failure to achieve my goal of addressing the issues of our nation through writing. Since we often forget to prioritize problems that have a huge impact on the lives of the many. So, I wanted to be more curious about these things so that I could improve my understanding of it that would help me serve my fellow people better in the future.

Given your ratings, what keeps you from getting that 1.00 self-rating?

Being introduced to this field for the first time has prevented me from giving myself a 1.00 rating. Considering that I have yet to incorporate in me some qualities required to be a good media writer such as interested in and loves people, and service-oriented. Therefore, I need to gain more experience and knowledge about what DevCom does and means so I could maximize the use of these qualities in performing my responsibilities not only in school but also in other places like home and work.

Skills of a Media Writer

1. Gathering Data – 1
2. Validating and classifying information – 2
3. Organizing information – 3
4. Writing Clearly and effectively – 2
5. Proficiency in the communication tools/devices – 2

Among the skills listed, which skill have you developed the highest competency? What contributed to the development of that skill?

Data Gathering is already a part of our day-to-day activities. Hence, it is the skill that I have developed the highest competency considering the experience and learning that I have gained through time. Also, this is an important skill as it provides prior knowledge regarding the topic of your interest. So, if appropriately used, one will be able to provide relevant and truthful information to the people.

Among the skills listed, which skill would be the one that you need to work on the most to develop? Why?

Through our undertaking of the DevCom courses, I realized that I had to focus on my organizational skills, specifically in arranging information from most unimportant to most comprehensive or significant. Because of how I always found it difficult to deduce the most essential information from the data that I have collected through the data gathering procedure.

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