Republic of the Philippines

Commission on Higher Education

LIGAO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Guilid, Ligao City
AY 2022-2023
Second Semester

English
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I. Overview
School’s Vision: A responsive Local Community College
producing efficient, effective and globally competitive
professionals, equipped with skills, values and knowledge,
who are functional, value-laden and service-oriented leaders.

Mission: Ligao Community College shall give relevant and

effective instruction, conduct institutional and community-
based research, implement suitable extension services, training
and development with the core values of the institution: discipline,
accountability, commitment and excellence.

Goals: In its desire to make education responsive to the needs and demands of the
changing times, Ligao Community College stipulates the following goals: excellence
in instruction, development of research-oriented students and instructors and
commitment to extension services.

See how your institution hones you as the best? This time, let us proceed to
the subject.

English 112: Campus Journalism

This course teaches the pre-service English teachers on the skills, principles,
and strategies of writing, lay-outing and publishing a campus paper in traditional
and new media formats. Ideas on how to get sources of news and how to be able to
collate information from various sources will also be taught to those taking the
course. The pre-service English teachers will be able to demonstrate content
knowledge and application of this allied field while showing skills in the positive use
of ICT in Desktop Publishing and ultimately to teaching and learning of journalism.
Lastly, they are prompted to uphold the dignity of teaching and the journalism field
through a caring attitude, social responsibility, respect, and integrity.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the pre-service teachers should be able to:
A. demonstrate content knowledge and application of the principles,
strategies, and language-related skills in journalistic writing and in teaching this skill
to future learners through demo-lecture and workshop;
B. demonstrate positive skills in the use of ICT in writing, doing a layout, and
publishing a campus paper incorporating the general do’s and don’ts of writing
various sections of the paper including desktop publishing; and

C. manifest caring attitude, social responsibility, respect, and integrity in

pitching a story, writing articles, and publishing a campus paper.

II. Learning Outcomes

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

a. Familiarize with the institution’s mission, vision and goals

b. Define Campus Journalism
c. Give the significance of journalism from its history down to
its modern cultural relevance

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Self-Assessment Activities(SAA)
 Now, let us trace the history and development of campus journalism.

On a 4” x 6” sheet of paper, Samuel Fickle Fox penned the first issue of The
Students Gazette on July 11, 1777 at the William Penn Charter School in
Philadelphia, USA. Published continuously until August 1778, when the British
soldiers closed the school, The Gazette is recognized as the first student
publication in the English-speaking world.

Campus journalism perpetuates the idea of liberalism and at the same time
has an important role in the university and national level. In the Philippines,
campus journalism can be traced back in the 1920s, the era of establishment of
The Philippine Collegian and The Varsitarian, the official publications of University
of the Philippines and University of Sto. Tomas respectively.

According to Jesus Valenzuela in the History of Journalism in the Philippine

Islands (1933) and John Lent in the Philippine Mass Communication (1964), the
history of campus journalism in the Philippines started when the University of
Santo Tomas published El Liliputiense in 1890.

However, Oscar Manalo, Narciso Matienzo, and Virgilio Monteloyola in Ang

Pamahayagan (1985) argued that the history of campus journalism in the country
started when the University of the Philippines published The College Folio, now The
Philippine Collegian, in 1910. They also added that The Torch of the Philippine
Normal University, The Guidon of the Ateneo de Manila University, and The
Varsitarian of the University of Santo Tomas were also published two years later.

Whatever came first, Carlos Romulo y Peña edited The Coconut, the official

In 1923, La Union High School in the Ilocos Region published The La Union
Tab, the first printed and regularly issued high school newspaper in the
country. Since then, high school newspapers came out one after the other.

Among these high school newspapers were The Pampangan, Pampanga High
School, 1925; The Leytean, Leyte High School, 1925; The Rizalian, Rizal High
 Wow, that took a long history!

Practice Task 1: In a separate answer sheet, make a creative timeline of the

history of campus journalism.

Now, let us define journalism.

The word journal comes from the Latin word diurna which means “daily.” In
ancient Rome, short bulletins of battles, fires, and elections compiled by
government officials were posted up in public places. These were called acta
diurna which meant “daily events.”

Other definitions of journalism:

 The occupation of writing for publication in newspapers and other

periodicals. – Noah Webster
 Something that embraces all forms in which or through which the news
and comments on the news reach the public. All that happens in the world,
if such happenings hold interest for the public, and all the thoughts,
actions, and ideas which these happenings stimulate, become basic
materials for the journalist.- Fraser F. Bond
 Enjoyable co-curricular activity of the school paper staff in collecting,
organizing, and presenting news; in writing editorials, columns, literary
articles, and features; in copyreading, proofreading, dummying, and
writing headlines – all for the purpose of putting out a school organ. –
School Paper Advisers of the City Schools of Manila

Scopes of Journalism

Journalism may be divided into three areas: written, oral, and visual
  Periodicals such as newspapers and magazines fall under written
journalism. A periodical, defined broadly, is a publication that comes out
at regular intervals – daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, bi-monthly,
quarterly, annually, etc.
 A newspaper, compared to a magazine, prints more news, has no
special cover, and is printed on a special paper called newsprint. News
is printed on the front page as well as on the inside and back pages.
 A magazine, on the other hand, prints more features and human
interest stories, has a special cover usually with a big cut on it, and is
often printed on bookpaper. If ever news is printed, it is brief,
featurized, and found in the inside pages.
 Periodicals, brochures, journals, books, and graphic arts are classified
under print media. Radio falls under oral journalism, while television,
movies, and documentaries are under visual journalism.
 Radio and television are examples of broadcast media while movies and
documentaries are examples of film media.
 Campus Journalism is a competitive, enjoyable and institutionalized
practice of journalism in schools where the students are given security
and power in the exercise of responsible expression towards events of
significance to the people and the society in general.

Student-publications serve as an avenue for critical thinking and freedom of

expression of student-writers. It is where the student-writers spill out their opinions
and views about pertinent university or national issues. Being a liberal-democratic
country, the Philippine government actually supports the development and
promotion of campus journalism with a law which is called the Campus Journalism
Act of 1991 or Republic Act No. 7079.

Practice Task 2: Research about the following functions of journalism.

Write your answers in a yellow pad.

 Information function
 Opinion function
 Education function
 Watchdog function
 Laboratory function
 Documentation function
 Entertainment function
 Developmental function

the Significance and Relevance of Campus

Journalism
According to the Campus Journalism act of 1991:

“It is the declared policy of the State to

uphold and protect the freedom of the press even
at the campus level and to promote the
development and growth of campus journalism as a
means of strengthening ethical values, encouraging
critical and creative thinking, and developing moral
character and personal discipline of the Filipino
youth. In furtherance of this policy, the State
shall undertake various programs and projects
aimed at improving the journalistic skills of students concerned and promoting
responsible and free journalism” (1991, sec.2 p. 1)

According to section 18 of the aforementioned law, anyone who obstructs or

coerces any student publication and a student journalist shall be penalized. This is
to prove that campus journalism really perpetuates the idea of liberalism by
promoting self-determination and protection from interference.

Generally, journalism may not solve economic problems, discover new math
principles or find a cure for Ebola virus but journalists will make sure that readers
will have awareness of these information through dissemination.

Disseminating information in the university level will enable students to be

aware of the current events and happenings in the university which will be the key
to prevent ignorance and enforce student participation. For instance, a University
Student Government (USG) official in De La Salle University was impeached and this
information was disseminated to the students through a news article by the official
publication of the university, The LaSallian. Student-publications also serve as an
opportunity for student-writers to show their skills in writing. In fact, according to
Madrid (2013), the International Association of Business Communicators hold annual
awarding ceremonies called “Philippine Student Quill Awards” which recognizes
outstanding communication-related work by students. In return, student-writers
may use campus journalism as a medium to express their creative writing skills and
views through an opinion section of the publication. This will enable its readers to
activate their critical thinking and develop their own stand in a pertinent issue in
the university.

For instance, The LaSallian opened a section recently where students can
submit their opinions about the general election 2015 in DLSU. This is to show that
when student-writers expose their views and getting readers persuaded, a probable
amendment in the university policies will follow. The University Student
Government or Student Council for some other universities and colleges will have
awareness of what students think about certain university issues, and by having the
role of student-representation, they can address these relevant problems and issues
to the university administration and provide amendments in the university policies
for the betterment of the university environment. This is
the important role of campus journalism in the university
level.

The abolishment of the mandatory

Reserved Officers Training Corps or
ROTC was actually pioneered with
a help of a student-publication.
According to Pangalanan (2010),
that in 2001, the Varsitarian, the
official publication of University of Sto. Tomas, published a
revelation from Mark Welson Chua, a student of UST and a
member of ROTC, about the alleged corruption, bribery and
hazing that is happening in the said group.
 It resulted to the relief of the commandants and staffs, after a few days he
received death threats and later on, his body was found floating in Pasig River. After
a few months, the mandatory enlistment of male college students in ROTC got
abolished. Furthermore, in 2001, after the abolishment of mandatory ROTC, the
National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001 was established.

Hence, without the publication, amendments and devising national law would
not be possible. The Philippine media also use student-publications as reference for
their news. In 2014, ABS-CBN News, GMA News and other mainstream media cited
The La Sallian in their news articles about the alleged hazing that happened in a
unit of, again, ROTC in DLSU. Consequently, the mainstream Philippine media would
not be able to publish some news without the help from student-publications. Thus,
without the student-publication, the exposure of corruption and other issues in
ROTC would not be revealed and therefore would not have an amendment in the
national law. Moreover, campus journalism has a very important role in the national
level.

Practice Task 3: Read the text above about the significance and development of
campus journalism and make at least 5 sensible insights that will deepen your
knowledge about it.

IV. Summary/Key Points

Campus Journalism is a competitive, enjoyable and institutionalized

practice of journalism in schools where the students are given security
and power in the exercise of responsible expression towards events of
significance to the people and the society in general.

Is not just merely an activity by an educational

institution in collecting, writing and editing news stories for
newspapers, magazines, television or radio but it also
perpetuates the idea of liberalism which is highly practiced
in the Philippines. Moreover, the government supports
campus journalism by creating a law that protects the
rights of student-publications and its freedom from
interference. Lastly, campus journalism does not only have
an important role in the university level, but also has a
stake in a higher level in the country because it has an
important role in the national level to the point that it
serves as a basis for amending and formulating and
national policies.

VIII. References

BOOKS

Cruz , Ceciliano- J. (2008). Basic Campus Journalism. Rex Bookstore: Manila.

Cruz, Ceciliano- J. (2010). Campus Journalism and School Paper Advising. 2nd
edition. Rex Bookstore: Manila.

Khan, R. E. (2010). Campus Journalism. Anvil Publishing: Quezon City.

Sunggay, R. R. (2014). Ink. Paper. Color. Sounds Pixel: A Campus Journalism Book.
MP Princess Digital Solutions: General Santos City.

ONLINE IMAGES

Campus Journalism. Retrieved last August 18 from [Link]

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Narvaez, J. The Development of Campus Journalism Retrieved on August18 from

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