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BC on BC: The FGD Sessions on the BC Curriculum (SIGN-UP EXTENDED!)

The Department of Broadcast Communication will be conducting focus group discussion events with undergraduate students of the BA-BC Program, with a view to improving the Department's curriculum.

There will be two sessions on 6 July 2012: one for Junior students, and another for Senior/Graduating students. All those interested to be part of the FGD should sign up via the links provided below. 

The search is on for the 2013 GMA Network Excellence Award for outstanding Broadcast Communication, Journalism and Communication Research students

 

GMA NETWORK EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING BROADCAST COMMUNICATION,

JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION RESEARCH STUDENTS

[APPLICATION FORM]

CMC Library: New Acquisitions from September-December 2012

Academic writing and genre : a systematic analysis / Ian Bruce. – London : Continuum,  2008. PN 45.5 B78 2008

Advancing the story : broadcast journalism in a multimedia world / Debora Halpern Wenger and Deborah Potter.  -2nd ed. – Washington, D. C. : CQ Press,  c2012. PN 4784 B75 W46 2012

22 awarded fellowships in 16th UP-CMC Community Journalism Workshop

The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) has chosen 17 print, broadcast and online journalists and 5 graduating journalism student as fellows in the 16th Lopez Jaena Journalism Workshop.

This year’s workshop focuses on, Media and Elections: Safety and Governance. It will be held at the CMC Plaridel Hall in UP Diliman from October 21 to 27.

A Tribute to Lola Sela

The University of the Philippines Diliman College of Mass Communication pays tribute to the 2011 Gawad Plaridel awardee Eloisa Cruz Canlas aka Lola Sela Bungangera in a memorial service at the Trinity Memorial Chapels and Crematorium in Sucat Parañaque on July 17, 2012.

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UP-CMC statement in support of Dr. Nicanor Tiongson

U.P. COLLEGE OF MASS COMMUNICATION STATEMENT
9 July 2012

UP CMC faculty members support Dr. Nicanor Tiongson's freedom to express his ideas without fear of
reprisal.

In an article published in Inquirer.net (July 5, 2012), former National Commission for Culture and
the Arts (NCCA) Executive Director Cecile Guidote-Alvarez claims that Dr. Nicanor Tiongson's
opposition in 2009 to the selection of Dolphy as National Artist resulted in the comedian's being
bypassed for the prestigious award.

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If you don't know her by now: the voice of Pinky Aseron

The program Shop Talk on ANC featured one of the UP College of Mass Communication's senior lecturers last March. Prof. Pinky Aseron of the Broadcast Communication department shared her stories about being a voice talent, the path that led to her career, and her philosophy of finding fun and passion in one's work. 

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