To equip student journalists with the necessary journalistic skills and knowledge, the Student Publications Office (SPO) – The Industrial Wheel conducted a Retooling Activity held at the New College of Business and Entrepreneurship (COBE) Building Function Hall 2, on Thursday, September 21.
The three-day training activity covers lectures from speakers as well as workshops on the different fields of campus journalism with the first day focused on Collaborative and Desktop Publishing and News Writing.
Ton Sierolf Cairo, Editor-in-chief of the publication encouraged the editorial staff to take the activity as a renewal of their commitment in the publication and passion for service in his Welcome Message during the short program.
“I hope that, as we go on with this activity, you won’t just see it as a mere event, I want you to view this event as a reaffirmation of your vows to be journalists as it rekindles our passion to be of service to everyone”, he said.
Moving to the training proper, attendees unleashed their artistic skills and creativity as Mr. Aaron A. Cotejar, an award winning coach in Collaborative and Desktop Publishing gave his lecture during the morning session.
Mr. Cotejar discussed the different parts of a newsletter, introduced the various formats and technicalities followed in layouting and the importance of a school paper in the university.
Meanwhile, Ms. Christianne Faith Mahinay, a national champion and former SPO Associate Editor,
discussed the basics of News Writing and shared tips on how to ace competitions which focused on the technicalities, truthfulness of the content and the proper attribution of sources.
According to the speaker, the lecture was made up-to-date to ensure that the editorial staff will adapt the modern way of news writing since the journalism filed is now transitioning from traditional to modern way of writing.
“I actually reviewed my slides and I updated it to follow the trends in journalism theory and I paced it on what modern journalism is because we are now evolving from traditional to modern journalism”, said Ms. Mahinay in an interview.
Meanwhile, Alrey Lacaba, a junior news writer shared how the activity have helped him in enhancing his journalistic skills and how he was able to establish camaraderie among the other staffs.
“As a junior news writer in The Industrial Wheel, the Retooling Activity is crucial in my journalism journey as this will re-equip me with basic to advanced knowledge in journalism. Aside from the seminar and workshop, I really enjoyed interacting with my co-juniors and seniors in the school publication. Attending the retooling activity was a memorable experience indeed”, he said.
The activity on enhancing the journalistic skills of the student journalists will continue until Saturday and will be delving on the other fields of journalism.
Articles by Carol Morados