Narrative Report on Campus Journalism

SY 2019-2020

In 1991, the Philippine Government passed the Campus Journalism Act, one of the strongest laws
which supports the development and promotion of student journalism, rights of youth, and preserving
the integrity of student publications. The law states that anyone who obstructs or coerces any student
publication and a student journalist shall be penalized (youthincmag.com).

Partaking in this activity, our school, BNHS formed its own school paper organization named
“Ang Pintig”. This organization, like any other media, has the following functions.

Aid to students:

a. Provides opportunity for interesting writing.

b. Gives students the opportunity to learn how to read the newspapers.

c. Acts as stimulus to better work.

d. Develops students’ power of observation and discrimination concerning relative merits

of news articles.

e. Serves as outlet and motivation for journalistic writing.

f. Develops qualities of cooperation, tact, accuracy, tolerance, responsibility and

leadership.

AID TO SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY

a. Informs the community of the work of the school.

b. Publishes school news.

c. Creates and expresses school opinions.

d. Makes known the achievements of the school.

e. Helps unify the school.

f. Encourages and stimulates worthwhile activities.

g. Develops right standard of conduct.

h. Provides and outlet for students’ suggestions for the betterment of the school.

i. Develops better interschool relationship.

j. Develops school spirit.

k. Develops cooperation between the parents and the school.

(http://blept.blogspot.com/2015/11/scope-and-functions-of-journalism.html)

With the aim of achieving the goals of the organization, the following activities
were done with the supervision of the coordinators.
I. Organizing of Staff
As early as June, the school paper coordinators are already screening
learners’ journal writing capabilities in order to come up with good line-up of
staff. Students who are interested to join the club are given the task to write an
article related to their area of interest. The teacher assigned to the category then
carefully selected the student journalist best fitted to the category. From there, the
school paper staff was then formulated. See attached sheet.

II. Attending Trainings

The table below shows the list of coaches with their assigned category as
well as the student journalists they handled throughout the training. Whole day
training of journalists were done every Saturdays. During school days, the
journalists were tasked to meet up with their respective coaches to give their
day-to-day activities.

III. Joining the DSPC

Last August 29, 2019, the school’s journalists participated in Division
Schools Press Conference which is one of the most awaited contests of every
journalist. It has become a privilege for them to become part of it. This is the
time to show how well their trainings had been.
Aside from having the desire of having an experience in the mentioned
contest, every journalist desires to win. Eventhough they failed today, they have
become inspired, motivated and dedicated to work better next time. The journey
never stops.

IV. Joining the School Paper Contest

The trai