Lasallian Schools Press Conference
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The Lasallian Schools Press Conference (more known as LSPCon) is an annual event
that convenes all student
journalists from the member schools of De La Salle Philippines
for seminars and workshops with speakers from the Philippine media industry. Topics include news writing, features writing, sports writing, opinion writing, creative writing
, layouting, editing
, photojournalism
, and illustration
for newspapers and magazines.
It is organized by the Alliance of Lasallian Campus Journalists, a union of all student publications
within the system, along with a host school chosen from the member schools.
. Also, the Alliance of Lasallian Campus Journalists will be launched at the same time. Its theme was "Lasallian Campus Journalist: Exercising rights, taking responsibility, valuing ethics." Its speakers included The Philippine Star
's Rene Aranda, the Philippine Daily Inquirer
's Isagani Yambot, and Vim Nadera, among others.
Convention (meeting)
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that convenes all student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
journalists from the member schools of De La Salle Philippines
De La Salle Philippines
De La Salle Philippines is a network of Seventeen Lasallian Institutions in the Philippines. It was established in 2006 for the unified implementation of the Lasallian Mission, generate creative synergy, and promote the spirit of "One La Salle" among member institutions...
for seminars and workshops with speakers from the Philippine media industry. Topics include news writing, features writing, sports writing, opinion writing, creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
, layouting, editing
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
, photojournalism
Photojournalism
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism...
, and illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
for newspapers and magazines.
It is organized by the Alliance of Lasallian Campus Journalists, a union of all student publications
Student newspaper
A student newspaper is a newspaper run by students of a university, high school, middle school, or other school. These papers traditionally cover local and, primarily, school or university news....
within the system, along with a host school chosen from the member schools.
LSPCon 2007
The LSPCon 2007 was held on May 3–5, 2007 in De La Salle University-DasmariñasDe La Salle University-Dasmariñas
De La Salle University - Dasmariñas ' is a member institution of De La Salle Philippines located in Dasmariñas City, Cavite. It was established on July 18, 1977 as a private nonsectarian tertiary school named General Emilio Aguinaldo College-Cavite and managed by the Yaman Lahi Foundation...
. Also, the Alliance of Lasallian Campus Journalists will be launched at the same time. Its theme was "Lasallian Campus Journalist: Exercising rights, taking responsibility, valuing ethics." Its speakers included The Philippine Star
The Philippine Star
The Philippine Star is a daily English-language broadsheet newspaper based in Manila and circulated nationwide in the Philippines. Owned and published by PhilSTAR Daily, Inc, it was founded on July 28, 1986 by veteran journalists Max Soliven, Betty Go-Belmonte and Art Borjal...
's Rene Aranda, the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippine Daily Inquirer, popularly known as the Inquirer, is the most widely read broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, with a daily circulation of 260,000 copies. It is one of the Philippines' newspapers of record...
's Isagani Yambot, and Vim Nadera, among others.
LSPCon06
- Quasi-life – an image gallery of LSPCon06