“This
is truly a breakthrough for the publication, a breakthrough activity,” quipped
Aian Perucho, a Philippine Collegian alumnus and one of the guest speakers for
The PEN Workshop, when asked what he can say about the activity. The said event
is organized by Viewpoint with the help of College Editors Guild of the
Philippines (CEGP) in the vision of providing relevant journalism skills and
creative writing training for the staffers of the publication and to Araullians
interested in the same field.
Delivering the News
Last
September 14, the Data Gathering, Interviewing, and News Writing seminar took
place, where the participants were given the opportunity to learn through the
activities incorporated such as the mock interview and a critique of their
work. CEGP National Secretary General Marc Lino Abila annd CEGP-Central Luzon
Deputy Secretary General Jerome Estavillo acted as speakers for the said event,
providing insight on the tasks of the journalists.
A PEN for the Society
For
the second wave of the training held last September 21, Viewpoint collaborated
with Kabataan Partylist (KPL) National Coordinator Mark Troy Oliva who encouraged
the participants to write about the society as he discussed the economic and
educational condition of the Philippines.
Highlighting Literature
As
its swan song exit, The PEN Workshop conducted the last wave of trainings this
September 28, focusing on Creative Writing and Literary Criticism. CEGP's Education Officer Jian Carlo Gomez and Viewpoint’s Editor-in-Chief Dan
Kevin Roque sat down for the analysis of the literary pieces of the
participants.
New Frontiers
All
in all, 144 Araullians expressed their interest in joining the said workshop. “As
the Filipino Youth, we must read and write. We must study the society so that
we understand our objective situation,” Abila said in the vernacular when asked
to give a message to the participants of the workshop. Mary
Joyce Jopson
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