The Luzonian, headed by Erika Marca, Editor-in-Chief along with the editorial board and staff and Jomelyn Trinidad trains Hola Visitas, College of International Hospitality, Tourism and Management (CITHM)’s official publication on the specifics and technicalities of a school paper on July 14, 2020 via Zoom.
28 students attended the Training Workshop for Journalism and Media Management which bore the theme: “Embracing the New Normal: The Era of Pandemic Journalism and Media Management.” It was hosted by Jomari Tulabing, Hola Visitas’ Editor-in-Chief.
The event kicked off at 8:30 AM with messages from Dr. Maricel Herrera, CIHTM Dean, Dr. Jennifer B. Reyes, CIHTM Chairperson, and John Vincent Ibarreta, Hola Visitas adviser.
This was followed by talks on What is a Campus Publication and a Journalist’s Role? by Jocelle Marrey Recella, Associate Editor; Journalism Ethics by Josiah Samuel España, Business Manager; Proactive Journalism in the New Normal: Journalism and Social Media by Marca. Introductions for different sections of the newspaper were done after, and before lunch break.
At exactly 1:00 PM, the participants went into 6 breakout rooms for specific and hands-on workshops on the different sections of the school paper. The following were the rooms and the speakers: Room 1 for News and Sports writing – Jean Alric Almira and Andrei Christian Cuario; Room 2 for Feature writing & Literary Graphics – España and Recella; Room 3 for Editorial Writing, Editorial Cartooning & Comics – Karen Yvonne Daleon and Simon Romuel Uy; Room 4 for Photojournalism – Gabriel Biler; Room 5 for Dev. Comm Writing – John Lawrence Castillo; and Room 6 for Page Layout and Design – Marca.
The speakers gave talks and activities until 3 PM, after which the participants came back to the main room. Certificates for The Luzonian were presented, followed by a pre-recorded talk by Ms. Jomelyn Trinidad about Multimedia Platform Management, she’s an alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences. The workshop concluded at around 4:30 in the afternoon. Everyone is indeed learning something from it.
The activity aimed to jumpstart the revival of Hola Visitas, the official publication of CIHTM.
