To be perfectly honest, the thought of learning Web skills makes me want to run and hide in a hole. I keep asking myself, “Why do I have to know this stuff, I’m a PR major?” But then reality kicks in and I realize that this is really helpful.

To start off with, I think that just having some basic knowledge in learning how to use HTML coding and making your own Web site can be an advantage for anyone, not just a journalist. There’s tons of do-it-yourself learning modules that break down how to learn the material in an easy way. In a clearly Weinberger point of view, the Web is taking over the world, so familiarizing yourself in the basic knowledge of it would be smart.

Now that being said, the basic knowledge I’m learning in this class (plus some design courses that I plan on taking) is the furthest I want to educate myself in Web skills. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great thing to know, but for me, I’m really just not that good at it. For example, it took me about three hours to do a simple HTML coding assignment. Like the old saying goes, I guess everyone has their strong points.

Mine just happens to be something other than Web skills, and I’m OK with that.

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