May 2, 2023—The Department of Education Regional Office III shall conduct the 2023 Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) on May 20 and 27, 2023 at San Jose City National High School.
The RSPC, with the theme “From Campus Journalism to Real-World Journalism: Shaping Minds from Schools to Societies”, will be participated by both elementary and secondary school qualifiers from the 20 Schools Division Offices of the region.
The RSPC aims to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of Journalism by expressing it through different journalistic endeavors and approaches; sustain advocacy on social consciousness and environmental awareness; provide a venue for an enriching learning experience for students interested in Journalism as a career or those who intend to use skill sets learned through campus journalism to give them a better edge in their chosen careers; promote responsible journalism and fair and ethical use of social media; and enhance journalistic competence through healthy and friendly competitions.
The Individual Contests include News Writing, Features Writing, Editorial Writing, Sports Writing, Copyreading and Headline Writing, Science and Technology Writing, Photojournalism, Editorial Cartooning, and Column Writing.
Meanwhile, the Group Contests will be Radio Script Writing and Broadcasting Contest, Collaborative Desktop Publishing (CDP) Contest, Online Publishing Contest (for secondary level), TV Script Writing and Broadcasting Contests (for secondary level)
The School Paper Contests Categories shall also award the best News Section, Features Section, Editorial Section, Science and Technology Section, Sports Section, and Layout and Page Design.
The top ten winners in all events per contest category per medium shall be recognized and the points they will garner will be included in the computation of the overall scores.
The conduct of the 2023 RSPC is pursuant to Republic Act (RA) No. 7079, otherwise known as the Campus Journalism Act of 199 1, and in compliance with DepEd Order No. 47, s. 2010, entitled Guidelines on Financial Subsidy for the Conduct of the Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC), its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) specifically Rule IX of Section 1.
