By Mark Salomon
Media practitioners from different stations and publication around Cebu gathered during the opening of the 19th Cebu Press Freedom Week last September 14. The week-long celebration will last until September 21.
Media practitioners from different stations and publication around Cebu gathered during the opening of the 19th Cebu Press Freedom Week last September 14. The week-long celebration will last until September 21.
Personalities
from print, radio, television and online channels gathered to bear camaraderie
with other media output and address issues in media.
The
celebration started with a “Freedom
Walk” from Fuente Osmeña Circle going to Blessed John XXIII Seminary covered
court where a mass was celebrated by Fr. Ramon Echica prior to the opening
rites of the week-long occasion.
Highlighting
the opening was the Dance Star Show. The theme of the
show was ‘lip sync and dance’.
Sun Star, with their festive and cultural presentation
showcasing the Philippines, retained the title of being the Star of the Show
winning Php 20,000. 2nd place Cebu Daily News and 3rd
place The Freeman brought with them Php10,000 and Php 7,000 respectively.
According to Peter Romanillos, a correspondent of Cebu
Daily News, the Press Freedom Week is an
avenue of discovering the hidden side of media practitioners. “It was great, I
stepped out of my comfort zones for the first time and ventured unchartered
territories with the pageant and the dancing," Romanillos added.
The week-long celebration will be filled with dialogues,
symposiums, forums, and film showings which will review and enhance basic
journalistic skills and ethics.
Seminars will also be held throughout the week. "It
will somehow assume a refresher course kung
unsa gyud ang angay na role sa media, ug kung unsa ang mga angay buhaton(on
the ideal role of the media, and what are supposed to be done)”, said King
Anthony Perez, TV5 Junior Correspondent.
The Press Freedom pageant was held the night before at the
Harolds Hotel, crowning Luis Qubranza III from Sun Star and Jessa Agua from The Freeman as Mr. and
Ms. Press Freedom, respectively.
Cebu Press Freedom Week has been annually celebrated on the
third week of September, to fall in with the declaration of Martial Law in
1972.
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