Sunday, March 1, 2009

background of a person to be consulted in choosing a publication

By Donna Faye M. Loayon

As a Journalism student, you need to write articles of various subjects which are to be submitted to different publications. However, you sometimes do not know where exactly to contribute them. When you have so many choices, you think of people who can help you out, right? Now, you should consider what kind of background necessary in a person to be consulted.
Well, here are some:

• Educational Background. This is a very important thing to consider. How would you expect an uneducated person to help you out? This is not to discriminate the uneducated but hey this is reality! The educated can surely formulate opinion which may aid you.

• Age. People of different ages vary in formulating opinion. If you are writing an article about the youth, most likely teens will suggest that you contribute it to a youth-oriented section. Same is true to kids; they would expect your article to be contributed in a kid-inclined section.

• Occupation and Civil Position. The occupation and civil position of a person affects his/her preference. In writing your article, you must think for whom is the article, who would benefit from it. For instance, you are writing an article regarding business. Someone who ventures in an enterprise will definitely suggest to contribute it to an enterprise/ business section of a publication. Your article may eventually inform other businessmen and in turn provide a link among them.

• You should definitely ask someone who reads newspapers. He/ She absolutely knows the trend of various sections in a publication. He/ She must be familiar of the style and the content of sections

I hope you consider all these background in a person necessary. So, go ahead, find someone who has what it takes to be consulted!

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