01/08/2026
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ | Cultura Empowers Campus Journalists Through Layout and Photography Seminar-Workshop
๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฆ | ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ โ The official student publication of Upi Agricultural School - College Department, Cultura, empowered campus journalists through a two-day seminar-workshop on layout and photography themed, โCapturing Stories, Designing Excellence: Empowering Campus Journalists through Photography and Layout.โ
In her opening remarks, Maโam Leah Janine S. Arandilla, Cultura Adviser, encouraged every staff member to actively participate in the seminar-workshop so that they would understand and apply everything they learned to the school publication.
During the first day, Mr. Jay P. Bersamina, MAELT, UAS Senior High School Coordinator, served as the resource speaker for the session on layout in journalism. His presentation revolved around the basics of layout, its rules and principles, and dummy making before crafting an actual layout for the publication. Following the lecture, the Cultura staff plunged into a rigorous layout workshop using modern publishing software. Divided into groups, the members tackled various tasks to create a final publication layout by applying the basic principles and rules of layout design.
Shifting from publication layout design, the second day of the seminar-workshop pivoted toward capturing images focusing on visual storytelling. Mr. Isidro N. Cabailo Jr. served as the resource speaker, leading the participants in transitioning photography from mere documentation to active narration. Participants explored technical foundations such as photography angles, composition, and how to capture a photo with emotion and meaning. They then engaged in a workshop featuring a photography contest, where they found perfect angles, captured photos, and crafted captions to describe the meaning behind each image.
Maโam Amerah A. Ali, MAEd, Cultura Co-Adviser, delivered the closing remarks, emphasizing that the distinct expertise provided by the resource speakers on layout and photography contributed significantly to the development of the Cultura staff. She also commended all the staff members for their active involvement in the seminar-workshop.
Following the closing remarks, tokens of appreciation were given to the speakers, alongside certificates for the participants. The two-day event culminated in a showcase of outputs from both workshops, where the speakers provided constructive critiques on the participants' publication layouts and photographs, complete with titles and descriptions.
โ๏ธ | Marie Doll Fronda
๐ท | Aiza Cabailo & Altaf Sanson