Freshies complete short virtual course on digital journalism

an opportunity for me to see if I still possess the ability to create art,” Bumanglag said in an interview.

“I hadn’t joined an art competition in a very long time, so I was really ecstatic and relieved that I won, even though I wasn’t completely ready. My victory reassured me that my creative nature still persists within me,” the student artist expressed.

The said competition was facilitated by the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Student Council and a part of the various contested activities including Quiz Bee and Short-Film Making and were the highlights of the program tackling the campaign to end violence against women.

With the goal to be equipped in online news production, a total of 52 first-year Bachelor of Arts in Communication students participated and completed a short virtual course on digital journalism through the Reuters website.

The said online course introduced participants to the best way of practicing online or digital journalism consisting of five modules. Topics revolved around digital news gathering, verification, and reporting, publishing effectively on social media, wellness and resilience, and operating as an independent media in a turbulent world.

Yves Ashley Llapitan, a participant, shared what she had learned from the course.

“I had a great time while taking the training course. As a communication student, it really is a good learning experience— knowing how important it is to be able to learn how this online environment works for people,” Llapitan told Y2C in an interview.

“It [also helped] provide information to the world easier and faster, and of course on how to be aware [on] the disadvantages as well as on how to [distinguish] accurate [from] false information from different social media platforms,” Llapitan added.

The self-paced massive open online course was organized by Reuters and was sponsored by Meta Journalism Project. It aims to support journalists in AsiaPacific, the Middle East, and Africa to have a solid background in digital reporting and editing.