MANILA, Philippines – To prepare campus journalists joining the National Schools Press Conference (NSPC), MovePH, Rappler's civic engagement arm, will conduct a webinar on Online Publishing on Friday, January 19. (READ: WATCH: Rappler X introduced at NSPC 2017 for online publication)
Starting at 1 pm on Friday, the webinar will be broadcast live from Rappler's headquarters in Pasig City to the different regional and division offices of the Department of Education (DepEd) where school paper advisers will gather for a viewing party.
The free webinar will tackle topics on effective storytelling techniques using X – Rappler's self-publishing platform – and responsible use of social media among others. (READ: #NSPC2017: A thousand stories of hard work, hope, and excellence)
This webinar was included in the official list of NSPC activities stipulated in DepEd Memorandum 200 series of 2017. Interested participants may consult their respective division and regional offices for more details.
This is not the first time MovePH has supported campus journalism in the Philippines.
During the NSPC 2017 in Pagadian City, high school students from all over the country got a taste of what it is like to work in a social news network as they competed in the Online Publishing demonstration contest organized by MovePH.
Teams of 7 members each were asked to create an online news blog using X, Rappler's free self-publishing platform. Just like in any newsroom, each member had a different role to fulfill and a different story to file within the allotted time. The same setup will be held as a demo contest this year.
Dubbed the Olympics of Campus Journalism, NSPC will gather the best student-journalists in the country. The 2018 leg of the DepED-led program will be held in Dumaguete City on February 19-23 with the central theme revolving around ASEAN Integration (READ: NSPC 2018 to focus on ASEAN Integration – DepED)
During the Palarong Pambansa 2017 held in Antique on April, MovePH, in partnership with DepEd, also trained around a hundred campus journalists and school paper advisers for 3 days. They applied the lessons from the training in covering the week-long sports event. – Rappler.com
