Wednesday, December 13, 2006

PECOJON, Ateneo University Hold Peace Journalism Workshops In Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Linda Bansil / 13 Dec) - The international group Peace and Conflict Journalism Network (PECOJON) will conduct two workshops on peace journalism for students at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (ADZU) here.
The first workshop, on December 14 to 15, will be for college campus journalists in Zamboanga City and Basilan. The second seminar, on December 16 to 17, will be for Mass Communication students of ADZU at the Jose Maria Rosauro Formation Center.
The Department of Mass Communication and the Beacon Publications of ADZU organized the workshops.PECOJON has members in Asia, Europe and Africa that included noted filmmakers, and academicians, professionals and journalism students.
Antonia Koop, a German journalist and a filmmaker who founded PECOJON and serves as the network's international coordinator, will facilitate the workshop, together with Philippine coordinator Jean Lee Patindol.PECOJON held its first training in Zamboanga on January 2006.

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