Look Around, Be Aware
Humorist James Thurber certainly was not thinking of 21st century mass media when he penned the following quote, but we can let his wisdom be one of the guidelines we use when faced with a modern-day media situation.
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
In the next post, we'll consider a few questions that will get your thinking started on just how squarely you stand in media awareness. How well do you think you would do if you had "the media" howling at your heels? Think about it, and you will be ready to answer the questions.
The late Sydney J. Harris, a Chicago Sun-Times syndicated columnist gives us the best clue to acing any media drill.
Harris wrote: "Be yourself...yourself is where and what you start from, and you build on it, finding your own strengths and shoring up your weaknesses as self-examination makes them evident to you."
Humorist James Thurber certainly was not thinking of 21st century mass media when he penned the following quote, but we can let his wisdom be one of the guidelines we use when faced with a modern-day media situation.
Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
In the next post, we'll consider a few questions that will get your thinking started on just how squarely you stand in media awareness. How well do you think you would do if you had "the media" howling at your heels? Think about it, and you will be ready to answer the questions.
The late Sydney J. Harris, a Chicago Sun-Times syndicated columnist gives us the best clue to acing any media drill.
Harris wrote: "Be yourself...yourself is where and what you start from, and you build on it, finding your own strengths and shoring up your weaknesses as self-examination makes them evident to you."