Narrative Report During District Presscon Contests

RAEIS staff writers both in English and Filipino, together with other delegates from
different schools joined the District Schools Press Conference. It held at Vega
Elementary School last August 15, 2014.
The campus journalists competed with other writers and one of them won in journalistic
writing. The contests, both in English and Filipino, were News, Editorial, Feature,
Sports, Copyreading and Headlining, Photojournalism, and Editorial Cartooning.
News and Editorial Writings, Photojournalism, Copyreading, Feature and Sports
Writings, Editorial Cartooning, and Photo-layout were done on that day.
Fortunately, one of the North Star staffers garnered and entailed herself in 2nd to
20
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winning slots in their respective categories. For The North Star staffers - English
Edition (the coach is Grace C. Madelo),with the support of the school pricipal (Emiliana
M. Mendoza), the

2nd place is Mariela Jane G. Baldoque Photojournalism category.
The better way to teach journalism is to train them to write for life.
The holding of competitions to test the skills of the students on campus journalism might
have worked to a certain point. But making the students practice campus journalism
more might do miracles and fish more youth to the craft of factual reporting. This is no
critique on DepEds practice of holding schools press conferences from the division to
the national levels. This is only the viewpoint of the school paper editorial board and
staff as a whole.
Journalism by simple means is the propagation of implementing rules, policies, etc. and
the dissemination of valuable information by the use of various media so let us use
extreme campus journalism as a means of making the people, especially the youth,
aware of what is happening around them today.
It is in these conference that the pupils are motivated to become socially responsible
citizens of the Philippines.
In conclusion, the Department of Education should promote the regular occurrence of
these academically-oriented forums. The future success of the country is dependent
upon the youths outlook of life, so it wouldnt be better for them to develop into more
productive citizens while the time copiously allows them with vital part of the effort to
improve youths lives and help shape the present society.
The mentioned staffer was included to represent the Congresisional District Schools
Press Conference at Palayan National High School, Palayan City.