The Weekly Sillimanian (tWS), the official student publication of Silliman University, took home various recognitions during the 17th National Campus Media Conference last October 22 to 24 at Crown Legacy Hotel, Baguio City.
tWS Editor-in-Chief Jasper Dominic Miranda earned fourth place in Backpack - Tertiary Filipino while delegates Miranda, Lealina Evangeline Reyes, and Isabella Gayaden clinched eight place overall in the Profile Feature Writing and Layout - English.
Gayaden won sixth best photojournalist while Reyes and Miranda placed as seventh best feature writer and best layout artist, respectively.
The tWS delegation also included Yra Suarin (Sports Writing and News Writing), Lysander Tiu (News Writing and Sports Writing), Bliss Baylosis (Editorial Cartooning and Literary Illustration), Reyes (Poetry Writing and Development Writing), Dhel Sue Cabiara (Editorial Writing and Poetry Writing), and Gayaden (Mobile Photojournalism and Backpack Journalism).
Tiu, Cabiara, and Suarin also joined the Pambansang Pautakan Pahayagan 14th National Journalism Quiz Bee competition.
Meanwhile, tWS Adviser John Edgar Rubio won Best Research Presenter during the 4th International Research Conference on Media and Community Development with his paper titled, “Exploring Politeness and Power: A Register Analysis of Request Emails by Campus Journalists.”
Over 1,300 campus journalists from various colleges and universities nationwide participated in the three-day conference which featured workshops, contests, and fellowship activities.
TV5 broadcast reporter Mon Gualves delivered his keynote address on this year’s theme, “Shaping Power and Adaptive Media in the AI Era: Fostering Integrity, Excellence, and Competence in Socio-Political Reporting among Campus Journalists.”
Participants from the elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels competed in individual and team categories of writing, video, and publishing events, and gathered for a fellowship night during the first and second days.
Organized by the School Press Advisers Movement Inc. (SPAM Inc.), this year’s edition aimed to strengthen the skills of campus journalists in navigating the use of AI in reporting and ethical storytelling.
(Story by Lysander Kendrick Tiu; Photo by Jasper Dominic Miranda)
