This Course aims to capacitate the Regional Information Officers (RIO) with the following:
- Effective and efficient communication skills;
- Good and public media relations;
- Press conference and briefing management;
- Writing of publishable news/feature stories; and
- Development of a favorable public image of the Department.
Participants for the course are designated RIOs per region, whose names are officially endorsed to the Office of the Secretary (OSEC) by their regional directors (RDs).
A registration fee of Thirty Thousand Pesos (P 30,000.00) shall be charged to each participant to defray expenses for information materials, modules/kits and other related expenses incurred during the course. Registration fees and board and lodging shall be drawn or charged to OSEC Funds while travel expenses and per diem of participants shall be charged to local funds subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
Participants are advised to report at the training venue or designated billeting venue a day before the training-seminar and leave the day after.
Enclosed is the information sheet containing the Course description/program and the list of the participating regions.
The Manila Times
COLLEGE
A two-week course aimed at helping Information Officers in government agencies or private companies write publishable news and feature stories, set up press conferences, deal effectively with media, and create a favorable public image. Includes hands-on experience in a major newspaper and in a television studio. Offered in Intramuros and partly online. Course starts Jan. 15, 2013. P30,000 per participant (includes course materials, coffee, lunches).
| DATE | 0900-1200 | 1300-1700 | VENUES |
| 15 Tuesday | Opening Ceremonies: Diagnostic Test | Review of English Grammar | TMTC/online |
| 16 Wednesday | Gathering News: Transforming Memos into News Stories | Doing Interviews; Cultivating Sources | TMTC |
| 17 Thursday | Writing News for Print | Newswriting Workshop | TMTC |
| 18 Friday | Writing News for Radio | Writing Workshop: Streaming | TMTC-Radio |
| 19 Saturday | Writing News for TV | Writing Workshop; Streaming | TMTC-TV |
| 20 Sunday | |||
| 21 Monday | Working with Number: Proofreading; Copyediting | Deskwork at Manila Times | TMTC/ManilaTimes |
| 22 Tuesday | Writing Feature Articles | Fieldwork | TMTC/Intramuros |
| 23 Wednesday | Feature Writing Workshop | Critiquing of feature articles | TMTC/online |
| 24 Thursday | Image Building Workshop | Media Relations; Organizing Press Conferences; Preparing Press Kits | TMTC |
| 25 Friday | Radio Guesting; Phone Patches; TV Guesting | Ocular Visit to Radio/TV station | Network |
| 26 Saturday | Writing Field Reports | Business Writing | TMTC/online |
| 27 Sunday | New Cell | New Cell | |
| 28 Monday | Editing a Newsletter | Editorial Management | TMTC/ Manila Times |
| 29 Tuesday | Online Journalism: Social Networking | Photojournalism | TMTC/online |
| 30 Wednesday | Journalism Ethics | Evaluation; Closing Ceremonies | TMTC |
COURSE PARTICIPANTS
Regional Information Officers
| Region | Number of Participants |
| I | 1 |
| II | 1 |
| III | 1 |
| IV-A | 1 |
| IV-B | 1 |
| V | 1 |
| VI | 1 |
| VII | 1 |
| VIII | 1 |
| IX | 1 |
| X | 1 |
| XI | 1 |
| XII | 1 |
| CARAGA | 1 |
| CAR | 1 |
| NCR | 1 |
| ARMM | 1 |
| TOTAL | 1 |
