REACTION PAPER: “End Impunity, Defend Press Freedom”

• In simultaneous with the commemoration of the 20th month of Maguindanao Massacre, I and my co-journalism student attend a seminar. A series seminar with a theme “End Impunity, Defend Press Freedom”, last July 23 at Radyo Bulacan North Link Bldg ballroom, Sta. Rita, Guiguinto, Bulacan.---

  The first day serves as the opening of each participant’s minds.

  The first speaker, Mr. Rommel Ramos of GMA7, discussed about the threats that every media practitioner had receive. So, in every word that he relay to us, the participants, I’ve found that my chosen coarse, which h may leads me to my future profession, is really a dangerous one. This is because of the threats that every professional media practitioner experience at the battle field.

  The seminar also made us realize the difference of the threats before and today. And through him, I also found out that here in our province, there are politicians who threatened some media practitioner, who publish or broadcast about them.

  The second speaker, the editor-in-chief of Punla, Ka Nene Ocampo, taught us about the Journalism ethics and alphabet. We’ve learn that if we receive a threat, we should not make another story regarding that people. Instead, we should stop then, report to your editor that you’ve receive a threat with that person and the editor will assign other to make another story about that people.

  She also tell us that every little thing happen or we’ve encounter can have a great story. And that every little thing can help to improve and practice our skills.

  And through Mr. Shane Prias Ocampo, a graduate Mass Communication major in Broadcasting student of Bulacan State University, we have learn the three things that every media men should have, these are the listening knowledge, reading and analyzing news material our even a book and lastly, everyone should be open minded.

  Mr. Dino Balabo, introduce with us, the impunity. He also officially opens the Feature Writing and Multimedia Contest connected to the Awareness on Impunity.

  Through his discussion, I found out what really impunity means. And I also found out that the offender cannot be punish, unless he is proven that he really did the crime.

  Posted at BAJ-3 FEATURE WRITING, facebook group, last July 25, 2011 at 6:17