In all honesty, I believe that there is a need to further improve and develop my qualities and skills as a media writer. I say so because after answering the self-assessment survey, I had an average score of 2.9 on my qualities as a media writer while on my skills as a media writer I had an average score of 3.2. Out of all ten qualities of a media writer, I realized that my best qualities lean towards my love and interest to people and being service-oriented. On the other hand, out of all five skills of a media writer, I believe that I am most expert in terms of proficiency in the operation of communication tools and devices.
And the reason being?
I guess I just love people. I love to hear their stories, especially those that are intimate and personal because it means that they trust you enough with whatever information they share to you. And for me, that means a lot. As a media writer, I would like to write stories from people that are worth sharing. May it be a progress in the community projects, or a newly adapted technology in the farm; I believe that I’m more than happy to write their stories and let other people on the other side be informed about it.
On the skills set on the other hand, what I wrote in the survey was, “I think it’s the proficiency in the operation of communication tools and devices. I say so because I’ve already familiarized myself with tech devices throughout my life as a student.” I guess this is all thanks to the generation that I am in, which is the digital age, where we are expected to use technology in almost everything. During high school, we were fond of using Office software in making papers, slide presentation, and spreadsheets/tables. Through the years, we began using online platforms such as Google Docs so that we can do our projects at the same time without meeting up in one place. Also, we were already introduced to softwares like Adobe Photoshop and Canva in editing pictures and making posters or publicity materials. Being able to learn how to used these communication tools/devices is really helpful for me as a college student. There is more ease in making the projects in terms of getting it done and working in a group.
Are there things to improve?
Out of all ten qualities of a media writer, I believe that I need to improve on my reading skills. In the survey I wrote, “I need to work the most on reading because it’ll be essential for the development of my writing style and vocabulary.” Reading affects how you organize your thoughts and the way you write. Your word choice and sentence structure are influenced by reading. It is then evident in your written works if you are not reading enough. Admittedly, I’m still not fond of reading. I need to improve this skill the most because my degree program will entail a lot of reading and writing. In the future, I wish to include reading as part of my daily hobbies so that my level of vocabulary and writing skills will improve.
On the other hand, out of all five skills of a media writer, I believe that I need to improve the most on organizing information and writing clearly and effectively. In the self-assessment survey, I wrote “I need to work the most on organizing information and writing clearly and effectively. When it comes to writing, I find it hard to gather my thoughts and write them clearly, like it gets scattered in my mind and sometimes I can’t put it to words.” I believe that having difficulties in these aspects stems from the fact that I don’t write in a regular basis aside from having poor vocabulary. Which is why, in the future I would like to include writing as part of my daily hobbies too in order to improve the skill.
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