THE VARSITARIAN, the 92-year-old official student publication of the University of Santo Tomas, won three major journalism awards in the 3rd The Manila Times Campus Press Awards last Tuesday.
Former Varsitarian reporter Job Manahan won the award for Best News Story, “Rector: Children belong in schools, not jails.”
The story, published on Jan. 28, 2019, tackled the lowering of the age of criminal liability from 15 years old to 12.
The Varsitarian Sports Team bagged the Best Sports Story award for the article “Tigers to keep Abando as coach growls at recruiters,” which went viral on social media.
The V’s website, which relaunched in 2016 with a new layout and video library, claimed the award for Best News Website anew.
The Aquinian, the official student publication of the UST Junior High School, bagged Best Editorial, Best Editorial Cartoon and Best News Story in the High School English category, and was named Best Campus Paper in the high school level.
Former Manila Times executive director Arnold Belleza urged young journalists to not only be aware of issues but also take a stand.
“Let your minds be open. The lessons of fairness, objectivity and ethics are learned over time, and facts are learned by actual experience,” Belleza said in his speech.
The Manila Times Campus Press Awards is a nationwide competition organized by The Manila Times, the oldest existing English-language newspaper in the Philippines.
The awarding ceremony was held at Savoy Hotel Manila in Pasay.
