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Friday, July 15, 2016

ZN Media group to host journalism seminar

By Grace O. Montallana

DIPOLOG CITY – The Zamboanga del Norte Media Group will sponsor a two-day Journalism seminar on July 16-17, 2016 at Andres Bonifacio College, this city.

The seminar is conducted annually by members of ZN Media Group which aims to enhance the ability of studentsin writingnews and feature articles. This will also enlighten the students’ minds to understand the essence of a responsible journalist.

It will tackle topics on writing feature, news, editorial, editorial cartoons, sports writing, copywriting, headline writing, media ethics, photojournalism, and broadcasting.

Members of ZN Media Group have been travelling across the region to conduct seminar/workshops and play a very important role in honing the journalism skills of students in different campuses.

Students from the secondary and tertiary level, who are involved in the school paper and those who possess journalistic skills will be the participants of the seminar.

Republic Act 7079 also known as the Campus Journalism Act of 1991 aims to promote awareness and develop young talents in journalism. It is also intended to uphold and protect the freedom of the press at the campus level.