The Southern Luzon State University (SLSU)-Lucban has been crowned the Top Performing School in Campus Journalism gaining 1st Place overall in the Regional Higher Education Press Conference (RHEPC) from February 14 to 16 in Lucban, Quezon.
The Kingfisher (KF), SLSU-main campus official school organ, bested school publications of 34 universities who participated in the campus journalism contests for the Calabarzon region.
SLSU’s KF won in 4 contest categories clinching 1st place as Best Newsletter, 2nd place as Best Tabloid and Best Literary Folio and 3rd place as Best Magazine.
The KF also won in Individual Categories such as Jon Son Patrick Roa, 1st in Column Writing in English; Princess Ranella Garay, 1st in DevCom English; Joanne Veronica Bello, 1st in Poetry Writing-Filipino; Tiffany Gwen Villamor, 1st in Photojournalism in English; Althea Grace Masicampo, 1st in Sports Writing in Filipino; Hans Gabriel Ayn Pastrana, 3rd in Trad. Editorial Cartooning in Filipino; Christine Mae Altamerano, 4th in Poetry Writing in Filipino; and Anne Koreen Pabellano, 5th in Trad. Literary Graphics in English.
Other winners included Andrea Janelle Nano, 6th place in Devcomm Filipino; Sophia Katrina Mateo, 7th in Copyreading and Headline Filipino; Don Aelar Dineros, 7th place in Layouting; Paye Shimry Castro, 8th place in Comic Strip Filipino; and Anne Koreen Pabellano, 8th place in Trad. Ed. Cart. in English.
Bello, KF Literary Editor, related briefly her experience in the Poetry Writing Contest in Filipino that they were instructed to choose an object in their bag or in the room they were in on which to focus their poem.
She said she decided to write about ‘eraser’ but asked not to post or publish her poem titled "Sa Klasrum".
Bello said that Roa, Garay, Villamor, Masicampo, Pastrana, Altamerano, Pabellano and herself were deemed qualifiers for Luzon-wide Higher Education Press Conference to be held in Tuguegarao City on March 18.
The official results for the 10 top performing schools on campus journalism showed that SLSU-Lucban Campus bagged 135 points; Batangas State University-Alangilan Campus, 122.50 points; Laguna State Polytechnic University-Sta. Cruz Campus,117 pts.; University of Batangas-Lipa City Campus, 112 pts; Batangas State University-Main Campus, 89 pts; Univ. of Batangas-Main Campus, 80.50 pts; Laguna State Polytechnic Univ.-San Pablo City Campus, 78.50; Batangas State Univ.-Malvar Campus, 60.50 pts; and Laguna State Polytechnic Univ.- Siniloan Campus, 60 pts.
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