Ifugao studes attend journ seminar

By Vency D. Bulayungan

LAMUT, Ifugao – Some 150 students from the tertiary and secondary schools all over the province participated recently in a seminar-workshop on journalism at the Ifugao State University main campus here.

Spearheaded by the editorial staff of the Upland Farm Newsletter, this is an annual activity which seeks to properly equip student writers on the essential values, skills and attitudes they need in order o properly discharge their functions and responsibilities as student writers within and outside the school premises.

Apple Bagawi, editor-in-chief of Upland Farm Newsletter said this was an inter-campus activity whereby the newsletter staff of IFSU Tinoc, Lagawe and Potia Campus, as well as staff from private and public high school institutions such as the San Francisco High School here, Ifugao Academy in Kiangan, Don Bosco High School in Lagawe, Ifugao Provincial Science High School participated.

With the theme “Achieving academic excellence through enhanced students’ writing,” the topics discussed include newswriting by Richard Baliao; Devcom writing by Paul Nuval; photo journalism by Jeremy Gawongna; column writing and editorial writing by Vency Bulayungan; feature writing by Mararita Nakake; layouting by Luz Duria; literary and cartooning, sports writing by College Editors’ Guild of the Philippines.
Julie Guay,the adviser of the Upland Farm newsletter, said that the school administration is grateful for this opportunity where student writers convened in this rare opportunity to learn how to become responsible writers.

Guay also thanked all the resource persons for sharing their knowledge and skills to the young generation.