St Joseph’s students attend media education seminar

STUDENTS from Catholic schools in Port Moresby attended a media education seminar at the Don Bosco Technical School at Gabutu on Saturday.
Fr Ambrose Pereira of Don Bosco said many of the participants found the seminar interesting and informative.
The seminar, the first of a few, was based on the use of photography in telling stories.
Participants were reminded that in order for photographs to have an effect of the viewer’s lives, emotions needed to be involved so the viewers ‘feel’ and connect to the story portrayed.
The Pope’s message about the World Communication Day 2017, to be celebrated on May 20, dwells on communicating messages of hope and trust.
The participants also designed posters and logos and took photographs depicting the themes of hope and trust.
“It was amazing to see how different schools worked together, came up with their own logos and how they portrayed their themes, in a very limited time frame,” said Pereira.
“The participants will form the nucleus of a media club at their respective schools and help raise the profile of their schools in the mainstream media.”
The seminar will be held every first Saturday of the month until August. It will focus on the different types of media and offer opportunities for media productions.
The next session will dwell on the print media and have a session on the “5Ws” (what, where, when, who, what) and the H (how).
It will give the participants a format of how to cover events at their institution and send them on to mainstream media.
A film seminar on youth issues is being planned for the month of August.
The programme has been put together by the Catholic Bishops Conference and the Salesians of Don Bosco Social Communications departments, to empower students and youths to use the media positively.