Campus Journalists Pay Tribute to Colleagues Who Became Victims of Rights Violations Published on May 8, 2010 by Anne Ednalyn Dela Cruz

Campus Journalists Pay Tribute to Colleagues Who Became Victims of Rights Violations

Published on May 8, 2010

Anne Ednalyn dela Cruz


Bulatlat.com

Two victims of human rights violations who were former campus journalists were given tribute by fellow campus journalists from College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) during the 70th National Student Press Convention in Negros Occidental last April 25.

Former CEGP-Visayas vice president and former editor of Vital Signs, the campus publication of Velez College, Rachelle Mae Palang, and James Balao, former editor of The Outcrop, the student publication of the University of the Philippines-Baguio, were awarded the Gawad Marcelo H. Del Pilar for 2010, the highest citation given to CEGP alumni.

Rachelle Mae Palang: In the Service of the People

Rachelle Mae Palang was Velez College’s Vital Signs editor-in-chief for three consecutive years. In 2005, she was elected as the vice president for Visayas of CEGP.

During her term as vice-president of CEGP, she communicated with student publications across the Visayas islands and worked hard to reopen student publications that were closed by school authorities. She also led campaigns to end all forms of restrictions on press freedom and against students’ rights violations.... MORE    
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