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The Official Newsletter of Organization of Student Services Educators Inc.

AICJ Prez on licensing journalists:

You don’t need a license to tell the truth
By Clifford F. Colibao, EVSU
Putting prior constraints on journal-
on the growing number of alterna- journalism will promote the concept
ists distorts the concepts of the freedom
tive media and the spreading of “fake that only those with license have the
of expression, according to the Asian news” were discussed in a plenary right to the freedom of the press.
Institute of Journalism and Communi- session during the OSSEI national
cation President. Conference on Campus Journalism, “Mas Malaki ang mawawala sa soci-
today at Crown Legacy Hotel, Baguio ety kung kokontrolin ang propesyon
“Is getting a licensed by the gov- City. ng mamamahayag. Ang Freedom of
ernment an assurance that you will Expression ay karapatan nating la-
do your profession ethically, respon- “The advent of new and social me- hat,” Prof. Domingo said.
sibly?”, asked Mr. Ramon Tuazon dia adds confusion with the emer-
when asked for his opinion on licens- gence of so-called citizen journalists The former UPD professor howev-
ing those who practice the journal- and the claim by some bloggers. Our er said that an internal accreditation
ism profession. ethical codes separates journalism among journalists may be imple-
from other formas of communica- mented to address the issue.
Mr. Tuazon rather said that the al- tion.” Said Mr. Tuazon.
ready established code of ethics for “Higit sa pagsusulat, marami tay-
journalism should be the basis of re- CHEd Technical Committee on ong gampanin upang maging mak-
sponsible journalism. Journalism Chair, Prof. Ben G. Do- abuluhan ang ating tungkulin bil-
mingo, Jr. likewise believes that re- ang mamamahayag,” Prof. Domingo
The issue was raised after concerns quiring a license in the practice of added.

Practitioners, academicians OSSEI holds annual National

are speakers of OSSEI 12th
Writing Competitions
By Juan dela Cruz
Media practitioners and professors from the dif-
ferent publications, news agencies and universities
in the country will serve as speakers and lecturers
for this year’s (OSSEI) National Conference on Cam-
pus Journalism and 12th Writing Competitions.
Among them include Prof. Ben G. Domingo, Jr.
of the CHEd Technical Panel for Journalism for
Newswrting, Mr. Don Dave Ventura of GMA7
News for Editorial Writing, Ms. Joy Panares of
Manila Standard for Feature writing
Page layout and design will be handled by Dr.
Regidor G. Gaboy, a layout artist and dean of the
College of Education of Central Luzon State Uni-
versity (CLSU).
Prof. Jimmy Domingo, a freelance visual artist
and UP and DLSU lecturer will deliver a lecture on
multi-media journalism and Mr. Glenn L. Agus-
tin, DepEd Supervisor for Editorial Cartooning.
Conference on Campus Journalism
Tertiary campus journalists
By Juan dela Cruz
tributions the student publi-
and advisers all over the coun- cation gives to the institution,
try gathered in the Organization community and the nation as
of Student Services Educators, well, and to improve the quali-
Inc. (OSSEI) National Confer- ty of management and produc-
ence on Campus Journalism and tion of campus publications.
12th Writing Competitions at
the Crown Legacy Hotel, Baguio The gathering holds 13 com-
City this February 28-March 2, petitions where participants
2019. can join: news writing, edi-
torial writing, editorial car-
The OSSEI conference is a tooning, feature writing, pho-
bi-annual competition that tojournalism, and page layout
aims to provide a more inten- and design.
sive training in campus jour-
nalism; and to impress upon OSSEI is an organization
the participants the various founded in 2003 and is com-
challenges in campus writing posed mostly of former student
affairs practitioners in U.P.
It is also geared to provide Diliman. Its main objective is
an effective medium in the de- to provide avenues for the total
velopment and promotion of development of students.
campus journalism, promote
consciousness among cam- Winners in different events
pus journalists on the value will be presented and awarded
if responsible expression and on the closing day, January 12.
appreciation of the many con-
Grains o
By Nomer Ivan Jethro A. Gaboy
Originally appeared in The Researcher (June-November 2009), p.6)

Flashes of golden grains wrapping

grasping all the heat during the hot
along the open-road, disregarding
gripping on to their oh-so beloved s
Any stranger to set foot in Nueva
as these would have a question popp
all this palay?”and just suddenly gr
season in Nueva Ecija.”
Nueva Ecija has embarked upon
stomachs and to satisfy Filipino far
truckloads of rice all over Nueva Ec
Granary of the Philippines”.
But farmers are mostly unable to
grand shine is now more often cove
rying storms.
Storm after storm, notoriously vi
away not just the planted crops and
all these destroy thousands of farm
living.
Harvest season and all those mon
single-handedly washed away by na
But inspite all these happenings,
a new beginning. Novo Ecijanos ar
suffer the typhoons’ rain of despair a
fore, at least sparing some of the pla
Novo Ecijanos get to gleefully en
has happened. The river of life cont
the earliest cradle to the casket of ou
we grew up in and from where is th
Crops and palay are not the only t
hopes and dreams. We shall bring
them incontrovertibly alive.
of Hope
g streets at every turn, scattered and
ttest of the day. Farmers filling sacks
sweat dripping down their cheeks,
source of income.
a Ecija’s land and catch sight of such
ping in his head saying “What’s with
rabs the idea “It is, yet again, harvest

another harvest to fill thousands of

rmers. With all these rice fields and
cija, it was considered to be the “Rice

dry their palays, for the sun’s bright,

ered by dark, gloomy rain clouds car-

iolent typhoons, deep floods taking

d palay but hundreds of lives as well;
ms, and therefore so are the farmer’s

ney that could have been earned were

ature.
, the farmers sought a way to have
re indeed fortunate for they did not
as much as those in the NCR. There-
anted crops.
njoy their lives after everything that
tinues for everyone who lives. From
ur lives, we will never forget the land
he food we eat.
things to be harvested, but so are our
them off the dark and try to make
 THE

Define Friends
Merriam-Webster Dic-
tionary defines friend as “a
person who you like and
enjoy being with” or he/
she could be “a person who
helps or supports someone
Herald
FEBRUARY 2019 OPINION4
know. Everyone has a pos- that ugly stuff that come
itive and a negative side, with fighting. These are
and whether you like it or friends who are ready to
not, no one knows it best forgive and love you no
besides you or your friends. matter what had happened
But the real question that in the past, no matter how

“
Miscellaneous or something.” There are
endless synonyms and defi-
Musing nitions to the word “friend.”
People search for its mean-
ing beyond what the dictio-
Diana Samantha Cahilig
nary can give and struggle
to understand what it really
Everyone has a positive means.
and a negative side, We all have our own set
and whether you like of friends and in every set
are varying characteristics
it or not, no one knows that can either make us call
it best besides you or them our best friend or our
really-not-so-good kind of
your friends. friend. But sometimes, our
best friend becomes that
not-so-good kind of friend.
EDITORIAL BOARD As they say, nobody’s
perfect. Friends also have
THE their flaws, and you have
your flaws that your friends
Herald
JUAN DELA CRUZ
Editor-in-Chief
lies before everyone is,
what kind of person do
you look, even if you seem
stupid and weird, big or
you really consider a real
friend?
small, how imperfect you
are, these people will al-
ways be there for you.
There are a lot of cases
where people do not really The definition of
get their hearts broken with
love but because of friend-
“friend” comes down to
what you guys have gone
ship. A lot of drama and through, what you, yourself
forgetting happens between
friends, casually throwing
have been into. Through
thick and thin, highs and
memories down the road lows, pits and valleys, in the
and burning bridges. end you will always turn to
your friend as your friend
Misunderstanding is would do.
part and parcel of friend-
ship but what makes the The thing is the road
friendship authentic is the to finding true friend is a
forgiveness and under- bumpy and long winding
standing that come after one but your real friend is
the screaming, shouting, the one who come with you
slamming of doors, and all through that rough road.

DIANA CAHILIG
Associate Editor/ News Editor

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Managing Editor- Circulation

IVAN GABOY
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DevComm Editor

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Art Director

JUAN DELA CRUZ

Head Photojournalist

JUAN DELA CRUZ

Head Staff Writer

Photojournalists:
JABA FLOR,
LONDON ESPINOZA,

Contributors:
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JUAN DELA CRUZ

Advisers:
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MS. JUANA DELA CRUZ