Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III – CENTRAL LUZON
DIVISION OF PAMPANGA
MASANTOL HIGH SCHOOL
(FORMERLY STA. LUCIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL)

Campus Journalism: An Avenue to Foster the Culture of Truth and Media Literacy

The revolution has drastically emerged in various facets of society, it greatly engulfed
the platforms covering different concerns. One of the tackled issues particularly dealing with
public secondary schools in the concrete and effective practice of journalism through
campus journalism contests and school publications. This vision was supported by R.A. 7079
also known as the Campus Journalism Act of 1991 an act providing for the development and
promotion of campus journalism and for their purposes.

Preparing students academically and skill-based were considered an essential

development in educational sectors upon traversing the 21st-century education. Learners
are not only equipped with variety of theories encapsulated in the learning materials and
not only confined in the mandates of curriculum guides in every learning area. Likewise,
competencies in writing and oral reading will not suffice the emerging demands of society.
At a young age, they need to be exposed and must embrace the culture of identifying truth
in every news and must be literate enough to easily maneuver the terrain of media
practices.

As the school is promoting the value of campus journalism and how it may affect the
perspective of aspiring campus journalists, the initiation to launch a quarterly publication of
online digital newsletter was deemed to be the path for the student-writers and teacher-
coaches to continue the purpose of journalism despite the temporary cancellation of
contests due to infestation of COVID19 virus. School newspaper provides a platform for
students to express their ideas and creativity. It helps to develop their critical thinking skills.
Moreover, it can be instrumental in building peer-to-peer relationships, while shaping their
perspectives, opinion, and identity.

Learners of today are explicitly evocative in terms of their rights to express themselves
either via speaking or writing and forming a mentality of truth and just inside and outside of
the school. In line with the current target of DepEd’s Sulong EDUkalidad, all educational
institution aims to produce students who are competent holistically and are equipped with
the necessary skills to continuously seek innovative and creative outputs in academic, skill,
career, and media practices.

Address: Bebe Anac, Masantol, Pampanga

Email: masantolhs@gmail.com