The Benildean Press Corps (BPC), the College’s official student-journalists’ organization, garnered a total of five awards, including the 8th Most Outstanding Campus Publication out of 30 participating Luzon-based schools in the 3rd University of the Assumption Outstanding Campus Press Awards (AOCPA) on Nov. 28.
University of the Assumption (UA)’s resident student publication organization, Regina, stepped out of the confines of the digital world as it held its first face-to-face awarding ceremony at the Monsigñor Serrano Auditorium of UA.
Among 11 categories, BPC won the following awards from five categories:
OVERALL: 8th Outstanding Campus Publication
GROUP: 4th Outstanding Campus Newspaper
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:
- Most Outstanding Investigative Journalist - “Reading beyond the lines: An analysis of Duterte’s rhetoric” by Zophia Tendido
- 3rd Outstanding Photojournalist - Michaela Arguelles, Kevin Sembrano, Julia Mikaela Natividad, and Sherie Bolo
- “50TH MARTIAL LAW ANNIVERSARY” by Julia Mikaela Natividad
- “TINDIG” by Julia Mikaela Natividad
- “NEVER AGAIN.” by Julia Mikaela Natividad
- “MENTERYO” by Kevin Mykel Sembrano
- “UNDAS 2022” by Sherie Bolo
- “DIREKSYON” by Kevin Mykel Sembrano
- “IN LINE TO VOTE” by Kevin Mykel Sembrano
- “SELDA” by Michaela Sherry Arguelles
- “THE LAST POTTER STANDING” by Michaela Sherry Arguelles
- “QCPD IMPLEMENTS OPERATION LIBRENG TULI IN BRGY. SAN VICENTE, QUEZON CITY” by Sherie Bolo
- “BILI NA” by Michaela Sherry Arguelles
- “JUNE - NATIONAL NON-SMOKING MONTH” by Sherie Bolo
- 9th Outstanding Editorial Cartoonist - “Bleeding over headlines” by Reese Calimbas
BPC also won multiple awards in the 2nd AOCPA, including Most Outstanding Campus Paper, 1st Place for The Benildean, among others.
The AOCPA is an annual campus press awarding ceremony held by Regina to recognize various student-journalists for their exceptional journalistic skills and commitment to the craft. Since 2020, the organization has awarded 110 dedicated student-journalists from over 35 different schools across Luzon.
