2K campus journos join competition
REGIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE
THE 2023 Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) gathered more than 2,000 campus journalists and school paper advisers from the 14 schools division offices in Ilocos region that started on June 15 at the Don Leopoldo Sison Convention Center in Alaminos City.
“The Department of Education (DepEd) recognizes the important role the journalist plays in shaping social behaviors and aspirations by providing truthful information to the public. Hence, the conduct of the annual Schools Press Conference is to develop new breed of journalists with sustained adherence to the principles of good journalism,” DepEd Ilocos regional director Tolentino Aquino said.
The Schools Division Office of Alaminos City, headed by Superintendent Vivian Luz Pagatpatan, in partnership with the city government of Alaminos under Mayor Arth Bryan Celeste, were this year’s hosts.
Most RSPC contests were held at the Alaminos City National High School (ACNHS) while 14 schools in the city served as billeting schools.
The individual contests in English and Filipino, for both elementary and secondary levels, were held on June 16.
Categories included Feature Writing, News Writing, Editorial Writing, Sports Writing, Photojournalism, Column Writing, Editorial Cartooning, Copyreading and Headline Writing, and Science Writing.
Group contests, scheduled on June 17, included Radio Scriptwriting and Broadcasting and Collaborative Desktop Publishing for both elementary and secondary levels.
High school learners participated in Online and TV Scriptwriting and Broadcasting.
Awards for Best School Papers and the Outstanding School Paper Advisers and Campus Journalists, for both elementary and secondary levels, were presented during the closing program at the ACNHS Gym.
The theme for this year was “From Campus Journalism to Real-World Journalism: Shaping Minds from Schools to Societies.” (PIA Pangasinan/AMMB)
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