Mass Communication students join and bag awards in the 2010 Multimedia Competition on "Impunity and Press Freedom"
By Karen Camille Gutierrez, 4th Year Mass Communication minor in Broadcast Journalism
Posted: Thursday November 25, 2010 01:08 PM

Tanna delos Santos and Karen Gutierrez with (from left-right) Atty. Charlton Romero, St. Scholastica’s College Mass Communication Department Chairperson, Ms. Melinda Quintos de Jesus, Executive
Director of Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) and Ms. Malou Mangahas,
first editor-on-chief of GMANews.tv

Karen Gutierrez accepting her awards for her short video entries entitled “Case Closed” and “Crime Scene"		Tanna Delos Santos receiving her award for her radio plug entitled “Buhay Mamamahayag”

Karen Camille Gutierrez, a 4th Year student, and Tanna delos Santos, a 3rd Year student, both taking up AB Mass Communication minor in Broadcast Journalism, joined the IMPUNITY AND PRESS FREEDOM: The 2010 Multimedia Competition to mark the first anniversary of the Maguindanao Massarce. The said competition which was held last November 22, 2010 at the Manila Hotel, was organized by the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists, Inc. (FFFJ), represented by its secretariat, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) with the cooperation of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP-CMC).

The multimedia competition aimed to promote and develop public awareness on the issue of media killings and the culture of impunity in our country. The competition had three categories: poster, radio plug and short video. The themes were as follows:  ending the culture of impunity, the media’s public service role, democracy and the killing of journalists. Under contest rules, participants should be currently enrolled tertiary level students or student teams from all universities, colleges, and schools in the Philippines. Participants must submit only original work and may submit as many entries as they want in any category. There were almost 70 students across the Philippines who joined the competition but only 44 entries were chosen to be judged.

On November 22, Ms. Gutierrez’s entries entitled “Crime Scene” and “Case Closed” won both 1st and 2nd place respectively under the video category while Ms. Santos’ entry entitled “Buhay Mamamahayag” was awarded 2nd place under the radio category. 

A total of P120,000 was awarded to all the winners of the 2010 Multimedia Competition. All entries will become property of the contest organizers and will be used for their enduring advocacy campaigns.

Winners of the 2010 Multimedia Competition