BY: ROI LOMOTAN
DUMAGUETE CITY, June 20 (PIA) – The Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI) in partnership with Probe Media Foundation Inc. (PMFI) will hold a training on multimedia journalism for local journalists on June 28 at Hotel Essencia, Dumaguete City.
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) Executive Director and 2013 Metrobank Foundation Journalist of the Year Awardee Malou Mangahas will be the event’s keynote speaker.
The lectures during the training will highlight the difference and the similarities between traditional and multimedia journalism, key elements of a multimedia piece, tips and guidelines in making a multimedia piece and the ethics on multimedia reportage.
Aside from these, discussions will also focus on the readiness of journalists in shifting from traditional to multimedia platforms as a method of reporting a story.
The event is part of Metrobank Foundation Fellowship Program in Journalism which is a series of seminars and trainings that aims to widen the knowledge and enhance the skills of journalists by providing them new techniques in reporting.
This fellowship program in journalism will be implemented in selected areas across the country.
This also provides an avenue for reporters and media organizations to discuss the currents issues, concerns and challenges facing the profession.
“We are determined and committed in raising the bar of excellence in the practice of journalism in the country. Journalists are beacons of hope," MBFI President Aniceto Sobrepeña said.
Sobrepena said the media can inspire the public to actively participate more in the democratic processes through their work. They are the nation’s eyes, ears, and conscience.
"You cast a light in the darkness and show a way by telling the story honorably and fearlessly," he added.
This training is also open for other full time and part time media practitioners in Central Visayas and in the neighboring province of Negros Occidental. However, event organizers remind everyone that they are only limiting the number of participants.
For more inquiries or if interested to join you may contact Metrobank Foundation at (02)-8988855 or visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MetrobankFoundationJOY. (mbcn/ral/PIA7-NegOr with reports from Yasmin Mapua Tang, Probe Media Foundation Inc. )