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LoveYourself holds News and Feature Writing Workshop for Champion Community Centers
written by Diego Rozul
The LoveYourself Integrated Communications (iCOMM) Committee organized a news and features writing workshop for its and Ripples’ writers on March 20 and 22, 2021. Held via Zoom, the writers were able to listen to informative lectures and participate in engaging writing activities.
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Since the inception of Ripples in June 2020, its writers have been oriented on the basics of news and features writing in HIV advocacy. As part of the continual development of its writers, LoveYourself iCOMM held the news and features writing workshop to build upon the foundations and orient the new community contributors.
Some of our passionate volunteers don’t even have a background in writing but they dedicate themselves to do their tasks effectively for the advocacy, and this inspires me to empower them with the knowledge that they can use even outside of the Ripples family, shared Bet Domingo, Ripples Adviser and LoveYourself iCOMM Head.
Conducting the workshops are two experienced writers from different journeys. On March 20, 2021 PTV Senior Correspondent and news anchor Sweeden Velado-Ramirez steered the news writing workshop. The session culminated in a paired activity where they developed and critiqued their peers’ news stories.
Ms. Trans Global and CALABARZON Campus Journalist mentor, Mela Habijan lead the workshop for features writing on March 22, 2021. Habijan gave emphasis on the unique characteristics of news, editorial, and features writing as well as the importance of research before writing.
With this cycle of giving back, we create ripples of positive change in the community which member of the communities can use to build their capacities and ultimately empower them to do the same, said Domingo
As the Ripples community publication grows with the leadership of the PROTECTS, it looks forward to telling the stories of grassroot efforts of more communities in the Philippines. Read our stories at https://issuu.com/ripplescommunitypub.
