75 campus scribes join Bontoc journ training

By Christy Mae F. Che-es

BONTOC, Mountain Province – The Bontoc local government through the Office of the Municipal Mayor information unit conducted training for campus journalists March 22-23, 2022, at Chico Breeze here.
    A total of 75 participants from Mountain Province General Comprehensive High School, Saint Vincent’s School-High School Department, All Saint’s Mission School of Mountain Province Incorporated, Guina-ang National High School (NHS), Mainit NHS, Talubin NHS, Tocucan NHS, and Dalican NHS participated in the two-day training.
    The activity aimed to improve communication skills of campus journalists on writing, editing, proofreading, headline writing, and photo documentation and update participants on latest trends, approaches and principles of journalistic writing in view of the new normal in education.
    Sangguniang Bayan Member Jerome Tudlong, Jr., chairperson of committee on education, delivered welcome message and urged participants to actively participate and attentively listen to the resource speakers as the activity was a great avenue for learning.
Bontoc Mayor Franklin Odsey said the activity was a great opportunity for them to acquire and develop their abilities as young journalists.    

    “Journalists help immortalize the important events. Thus, I encourage the students to participate in activities as such since you can hone your writing abilities,” he said.

    Odsey who had been a public teacher for years before entering politics had been supportive of education and youth development programs.

    He immediately approved the allocation of budget for the conduct of the journalism training.

    Resource speakers were political affairs officer Erlindo Agwilang of the Office of the Congressman for news writing, freelance writer and artist Clienteast Van Totanes for feature writing, information officer Erwin Batnag from the Provincial Information Office for photojournalism and Gary Pekas from the provincial legal office for editorial writing.

    Campus Journalism had long been implemented through Republic Act 7079 or Campus Journalism Act of 1991 which prescribed campus journalism in private and public schools in the Philippines.