PIA conducts series of journalism workshops
The Regional Office of the Philippine Information Agency in Western Visayas is set to hold its series of Journalistic Writing Seminar Workshops from July 23 to August 24, 2007, for student writers in Panay and Negros Occidental.
The seminar-workshops are held annually as part of the PIA's commitment to help campus paper writers in acquiring and developing basic skills in journalistic writing and in making campus journalism an instrument for nation building.
PIA Dir. Janet C. Mesa said campus paper writers have come to be recognized as strong and influential sources of information in the campus, as well as they are also opinion molders and advocates of worthwhile issues in the academic community.
She added that the PIA trainings are aimed at pursuing the mandate of Journalism Act of 1991 (RA 7079) for student writers and paper advisers to be trained so that they will become skillful and knowledgeable in journalism to better play their role.
The schedule for the trainings are as follows: July 23-25, College level, regional; July 30-August 1, High Schools, Iloilo and Antique Provinces; August 6-8, Iloilo City and Capiz High Schools; August 13-15, Guimaras and Aklan High Schools; and August 22-24, Negros Occidental and Bacolod City.
The Modules include lecture discussions on Development Communication, PGMA 8 by '08 thrusts, Public Journalism, Investigative Journalism and Journalism Ethics, lecture and writing workshops on news, news feature, feature, editorial, column, sports, copy editing, page design, and photojournalism.
The topics will be handled by practitioners in the field and in the academe, for both college and high school workshops.
The venue for Panay participants is the Iloilo Grand Hotel, while that of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City High Schools is the Grand Regal Hotel. More details are available at the PIA Provincial Offices, and at the PIA Regional Office, telephone numbers 3377301; 5090993 and look for Ms. Elsa S. Subong, Training In-charge.
(PIA 6)