A look in - international coverage of communications - Brief Article

As we strive for CW to become more internationally oriented (and that is my primary goal for the coming year!), we're discovering that just wanting to do this, and actually doing it, could be a formidable task in many respects. For starters, read Meryl David's letter below concerning the illustrations used in her article "Tigers and Dragons; Working with the Media in Asia and the Pacific" that appeared in the June/July issue. We clearly were not aware at this end of the insensitivities concerning Asian cultures depicted in some of the images used to illustrate the article - and our lack of knowledge of other cultures probably means this may well be a universal problem, a problem that can be overcome only by better communication between cultures. And what better way to start this dialogue, and educational process, than through your international publication, Communication World? So let's put our heads together on how we create ways to share your cultural knowledge, as well as to contribute your experience and expertise through articles and columns in Communication World. We have an opportunity to create a truly international communication management publication - maybe the only of its kind in the world - by working together on content, and certainly on illustration! Send me your suggestions, your availability to contribute, and areas you'd like to cover. Meanwhile, I'll be talking with district and regional directors to help develop a structure wherein we'll have regular contributors from various venues, with an editorial schedule that will cover areas that we've not been able to explore through the current editorial process. We're in this together; this is your magazine, and this is your opportunity to make it what you want it to be. I'm here to help!

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