MANILA, Philippines — Thinking that the pandemic might have snatched you the chance of grabbing a national journalistic stint? No NSPC? Worry no more!
Campus journalists and student publication advisers can now continue to #PushThePressPower amidst the pandemic by joining this year’s NCPO!
This year, the school paper award-giving body BDCP is launching the National Campus Press Olympiad (NCPO), the first-ever country-wide online journalism tournament that features series of competitions for grade school, high school, and college students, with the theme: “Promoting Community Development through Multi-platform Campus Journalism.”
Aiming to help campus journalists hone their craft through friendly competitions, the event is divided into two parts: the side events on March 21-May 2 and the main events on May 12-20. Access event’s primer and mechanics of different contests here: tinyurl.com/NCPO2021ContestGuidelines
The side events, which are open for all, include 10 side events comprising a wide range of journalism and creative contests that promote critical and artistic thinking.
Meanwhile, the 15 main events covering interactive multimedia publishing, mobile journalism, and print and visual media will be exclusive for grade school, high school, and college categories.
Interested campus journalists joining the main events must pay the registration fee of P100, P200, P300, or P500 depending if they belong to the individual, duo, trio, or group events, respectively. The fees for side events are waived.
No limit on the number of participants per publication or school is imposed by the management. Similarly, participants are allowed to join in as many categories they wish granted that there is no conflict in the schedule of competitions.
A pre-determined schedule for registration for main events according to region has also been posted on the official NCPO 2021 page. Read: tinyurl.com/FAQs-NCPO2021
Each event will have 10 finalists of which only three will be recognized and awarded with e-certificates, medals, and others depending on the sponsors (e.g. Nikon lens cup, cash prize, BDCP magazine, etc.). The winning entries will also be featured in the BDCP Digest.
Celebrities including TV host Robi Domingo, teacher-vlogger DanVibes, doctor-Youtuber Doc Adam, PBA player Jeff Chan, and journalists Maey Bautista and Julius Segovia even encouraged campus journalists to take part in the said event.
For more information, contact the management via their email ncpo.bdcp@gmail.com or visit their official Facebook page. The event is co-organized by the Laguna-based events firm Aloha PH.
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