THE Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Western Visayas launched its annual journalism trainings among high school and college campus paper editors, writers, photojournalists and school paper advisers dubbed this year as "PIA Journ Talk Series 2021."
This webinar series will hold the virtual sessions with high school publications on October 13 to 15, college publications on October 20 to 22 and its latest inclusion of a MasterClass on School Paper Management on October 28.
PIA-Western Visayas has revolutionized the training into the digital platform sans physical gathering but face-to-face talks between the learners and the experts.
This year's PIA Journ Talk Series anchors on the theme "Devcom: Relevance in Campus Journalism During Pandemic Time" and articulates the "never gets out of fashion" principles of Development Communication in Campus Journalism to stay relevant amid the pandemic.
Since 1976, the training has produced 45 batches of campus editors, writers, photojournalists and artists among whom are practicing media practitioners in the country today.
Among this year's resource persons include former Philippine Daily Inquirer sports writer Cedelf Tupas, multi-disciplinary artist and photojournalist Aeson Baldevia.
Also, digital strategists Marco Dueñas and Alfred Lucot, who were once campus journalists trained under the PIA training programs and were awarded citations of the various awards of PIA-Western Visayas, will share their expertise to the series.
Other resource persons are former training officer and PIA Iloilo Infocen Manager Elsa Subong, seasoned Media and Public Relations specialist Eric Loretizo, Daily Guardian editor in chief Francis Allan Angelo, Department of Science and Technology VI information officer Alicia Sol Aplaon, Film and Art critic and Business Mirror columnist Prof. Tito Genova Valiente and National Economic Development Authority-Western Visayas Senior Economic Development Specialist Engr. Ray Adrian Macalalag.
Three-time Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist Henni Espinosa will be talking about her journey in broadcasting, a newly introduced topic in the PIA trainings.
Another introduction in the 45-year-old training is the Masterclass on School Paper Management with the University of St. La Salle (USLS) Mass Communications Department's The Lead Publication former best performing and multi-awarded paper adviser Allen Del Carmen, USLS - The Spectrum paper adviser Jeanette Patindol and Negros Occidental High School paper adviser and District Schools Press Conference Hall of Fame awardee Analita Batisla-on.
This year, PIA Journ Talk Series has partnered with the Negros Weekly Inc. (PR)