By Leilanie Adriano/PNA
LAOAG CITY — Some 20 campus journalists from Ilocos Norte, along with their school paper advisers and education program supervisors for journalism, are currently gearing up for the 2019 National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) to be held in Lingayen, Pangasinan from January 28 to February 1.
Ritchelle Blanco Dejolde, Department of Education (DepEd) – Ilocos Norte’s education program supervisor for English, said Thursday the Ilocos Norte team hopes to defend its title as first place winner in various categories of the annual prestigious campus journalism competition.
The team has won in such categories as radio scriptwriting and broadcasting (English, elementary level), TV scriptwriting and broadcasting (Filipino, secondary level), collaborative desktop publishing (English and Filipino, elementary level), editorial cartooning (English, elementary level), Pagsulat ng Balita (Filipino, elementary level) and other top special awards, such as Best in Photo, Online Publishing (English, secondary level) Best News Anchor, Female for TV Broadcast and Scriptwriting (Filipino, secondary level), and Best in Technical Application for TV Broadcast and Scriptwriting (Filipino, secondary level).
“I am confident our students will grab top awards in the NSPC as we have prepared them well in the national competition,” Dejolde said in an interview Friday.
With this year’s theme, “Fostering 21st Century Skills and Character-based Education through Campus Journalism”, the 2019 NSPC aims to “demonstrate understanding of the importance of journalism by expressing it through different journalistic endeavors and approaches.”
The conference also aims to sustain the advocacy on social consciousness and environmental awareness and provide a venue for enriching learning experience for students interested in journalism as a career or those who intend to use skills sets learned through campus journalism to give them a better edge in their chosen careers.
It is also intended to promote responsible journalism and fair and ethical use of social media, as well as to enhance journalistic competence through healthy and friendly competitions.
The NSPC is pursuant to Republic Act No. 7079 or the Campus Journalism Act of 1991.
