Army reserve force collaborates with PIA Caraga for basic news writing workshop
BUTUAN CITY -- Thirty personnel from
the 15th Regional Community Defense Group (15RCDG) have attended the training
on Basic News and Feature Writing with a resource speaker from the Philippine
Information Agency (Caraga) held on Tuesday at the Camp Romualdo Rubi, Bancasi,
this City.
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Jennifer PeΓ±a-Gaitano, information
center manager of PIA-Agusan del Sur, shared the tips on how to better write a
news story.
The lecture was participated by the
different personnel from various Community Defense Center (CDC) of Caraga
Region, namely, 1501st CDC, 1502nd CDC, 1503th CDC, 1504th CDC with the
presence of Lieutenant Colonel Roy Curilan, executive officer of 15RCDG.
During the first part of the said
learning session, the personnel learned the forms of journalism, kinds of news,
accuracy of general information, fake news, elements of news, basic pattern in
news writing, parts and structures of news story, and the proper writing of
headline, lead, and support lead.
The aforementioned topics and
guidelines were put into practice as the personnel composed their own news
articles during the afternoon session.
The acquired knowledge from the said
training is of great help for the 15RCDG personnel in effectively communicating
the different activities of the organization through social media platforms.
(1501st CDC/PIA-Caraga)
