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07/08/2026

17/07/2026

COLLEGE JOURNALISTS GO NATIONAL 📰✍🏼

A national press conference for college campus journalists is set to begin in 2027.

The National Higher Education Press Conference, or NHEPC, is being introduced as a national-level gathering for campus journalists and publication advisers from higher education institutions across the country.

It comes after the Luzonwide Higher Education Press Conference, or LHEPC, announced its transition into a national event, opening participation beyond Luzon to include delegates from the Visayas and Mindanao.

For years, many student journalists have known the National Schools Press Conference as the biggest stage for elementary and high school campus journalism.

Now, college campus journalists are also set to have their own national platform.

The first NHEPC is scheduled to take place in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, from March 10 to 12, 2027.

For student publications in colleges and universities, this is more than another competition. It is a recognition that campus journalism does not end after high school.

It continues in newsrooms run by students who write under pressure, edit after class, cover campus issues, question policies, document communities, and defend the truth while carrying academic workloads.

With NHEPC, the voices of college campus journalists are moving onto a bigger national stage.