News: Journ studes in deep training for upcoming confabs

Journ studes in deep training for upcoming confabs

By Michael Angelo Jugado
Student Trainer

After winning it all in the group contests of the National Schools Press Conference last year, the JCSGO Christian Academy Journalism Team sets its sights on topping the individual competitions of the annual gathering of campus journalists in the country.

To achieve this, the team, led by adviser Josiah Israel Albelda, has been in deep training in preparation for the Mini Press Conference it will be hosting on August 13.

A total of 11 public and private schools from Quezon City have confirmed their attendance in the activity.

Last year's champion, Don Alejandro Roces Sr. Science-Technology High School will be back to defend its crown while perennial contenders Quezon City High School, Ramon Magsaysay (Cubao) High School and Carlos L. Albert High School will be there to give Roces a run for its money.

JCA, meanwhile, has had a dismal performance in its past two participations in the Mini Press Con, bagging only four awards last year.

The school sent only 10 scribes in the 2009 joust while the rest of the field brought at least 25 campus journalists with them.

This school year, JCA will go full throttle with 24 school scribes, photojournalists, cartoonists and radio broadcasters vying in the eight different contest categories.

Student trainers have been on hand to give members of the JCA Journ Team training. The list includes this writer, two-time NSPC winner Mychael Miravite, 2010 Copyreading and Headline Writing champ Sheena Sacdalan, and NSPC participants Aki Yatco and Reina Medina.

Freelance photographer Josh Albelda, likewise, will be part of the training team trying to erase the stigma of zero wins in photojourn contests last year.