Honiara: 9 October 2010 --
Students from five local schools gathered
on Saturday 9 October to celebrate their participation in media
education seminars during 2010. Guests at the presentation were treated
to a screening of the students’ short films and also heard radio dramas
and advertisements, all of which were produced at the weekend seminars
throughout the year. Students and teachers from each school spoke of
their appreciation of the program and how much they had come to learn
about the media.
Special guest at the presentation, David Barrow from
SOLMAS (Solomon Islands Media Assistance Scheme), told the students
that working in the media was a challenging and sometimes a difficult
career. However he encouraged them to consider applying for the
Journalism Course at SICHE (Solomon Islands College of Higher
education) in the future.
“What the country really needs are journalists who
have been trained properly over the course of 18 months,” he said.
The Media Education Seminar program is organised by
the Salesians of Don Bosco and Catholic Communications Solomons.
It has been one of the objectives of SIGNIS, the World Catholic
Association for Communications.
Students from Bishop Epalle, St John’s, St Joseph’s,
St Nicholas and Don Bosco Technical Institute gathered for five
weekends throughout the year at Don Bosco House of Prayer, Kola Ridge.
The program covered all aspects of the media with a
focus on audio and visual types, and allowed students to reflect on the
Pope’s World Communication Day message for 2010 ; ‘New Media at the
Service of the Word’.
Seminar organiser Fr. Ambrose Pereira sdb, Rector
praised the efforts of the students and thanked all those who have been
connected with the animation and running of the entire programme.
Recalling the World Communications Day Message, he encouraged the
students to use the new means of Technology to spread good
messages. “You have talent and qualities and are capable of
harnessing technology to its maximum. A good journalist is
focused and keeps to deadlines’, he said.
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