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PIA Press Release
12/21/2005
PIA Press Release
12/21/2005
Davao youth reporters' stories air on national TV
by RG Alama
by RG Alama
Davao City (21 December) -- A wide range of topics ranging From the nursing phenomenon, the anti-truancy ordinance, child fanmakers of Isla Verde, the festive Kadayawan Floral float Parade, to the Mindanao Federal Republic and the groundbreaking Teen Prostitution story. The youth reporters of the Kabataan News Network Davao bureau have gained active prominence with their stories shown on nationwide television.
Shown on ABC 5 every Saturdays 3 pm Kabataan News Network or KNN features an half-hour telemagazine show which highlights different stories conceptualized and produced by over a hundred youth reporters spread in 11 bureaus all over the Philippines one of which is Davao.
KNN is a flagship communications program of the United Children's Fund (UNICEF) that aims to provide a new medium of expression for the youth. A novel approach that involves training and equipping volunteer youth reporters 13 to 19 years of age with professional standard broadcasting training and equipment to come up with output with very minimal adult control.
"We have made a real show for the youth, where they produced their own stories that truly represent themselves" said Dale Rutstein Unicef Communications Director.
The KNN is being supervised by Probe Media Foundation Inc. headed by respected broadcaster Cheche Lazaro, the person behind the group that produces Probe Team, Game Plan and Artiskool.
A team of competent pool of youth reporters runs the KNN Davao Bureau. Stories are being churned out which is shown on ABC 5 and NBN 4 with selected vignettes shown on Nickelodeon.
18-year old Chloe Gopo one of the youth reporters remembers the production of the Teen Prostitution episode since it exposed them to the virtually unknown side of high-class prostitution in the City involving female adolescents as a young as age 13.
"akala namin yung mga prostitutes ginagawa nila iyun para may makain sila. Pero yung fineteaure namin hindi sila mahihirap at ginagawa nila dahil pangtustos sa luho nila." (I thought prostitutes are poor women who do it so that they have something to eat. But what we have featured are the ones that do not come from poor families and they do it in order to buy their material wants.)
Teen Prostitution segment was a result of an in-depth reporting workshop conducted by Luz Rimban of the Philippine Center for Investigative Reporting in Manila which was attended by Chloe and her fellow reporter 18 year old Jona Suñer.
For Jona Suñer she fondly remembers the segment "Nursing Dilemma" as it showcases the popularity of Nursing course here in Davao City; herself a second-year-nursing coed Jona said she thought of a story that shows the world of a nursing student.
The story was re-voiced for ABC 5's Sentro News Kabataan Segment and aired on primetime television.
Llaben Pacalles on the other hand is excited on the upcoming "Istatuwa in David" segment. While on a story conference Llaben suggested the topic on the controversial King David Statue erected in Times Beach as a story for KNN production, a subject that caught the interest of Probe Team's editorial consultant Boomah Cruz.
The following week Probe Team had flown to Davao to do a story on the controversial work of art. For the first time KNN Davao and their ates and kuyas from the Probe team produced hand-in hand the Statue of David episode.
The Statue of David segment was shown on Probe Team last Dec. 15, with the KNN story slated to be completed by early January.
"Marami po kami natutunan kina ate Kala, specially yung nag-interview kami kay Councilor Acosta at kina Sir Wendell Avisado" said Llaben who assisted Probe Team producer Kala Reyes during the production of the King David statue segment. Llaben aspires to become a news journalist someday like his Kuyas Howie Severino and Jay Orense who were among his mentors during his training in KNN.
To start the year, KNN Davao is now producing various segments which deals on youth filmmakers, child rappers and the young sign language teachers, which is slated to be aired next year on nationwide television. (PIA)
Shown on ABC 5 every Saturdays 3 pm Kabataan News Network or KNN features an half-hour telemagazine show which highlights different stories conceptualized and produced by over a hundred youth reporters spread in 11 bureaus all over the Philippines one of which is Davao.
KNN is a flagship communications program of the United Children's Fund (UNICEF) that aims to provide a new medium of expression for the youth. A novel approach that involves training and equipping volunteer youth reporters 13 to 19 years of age with professional standard broadcasting training and equipment to come up with output with very minimal adult control.
"We have made a real show for the youth, where they produced their own stories that truly represent themselves" said Dale Rutstein Unicef Communications Director.
The KNN is being supervised by Probe Media Foundation Inc. headed by respected broadcaster Cheche Lazaro, the person behind the group that produces Probe Team, Game Plan and Artiskool.
A team of competent pool of youth reporters runs the KNN Davao Bureau. Stories are being churned out which is shown on ABC 5 and NBN 4 with selected vignettes shown on Nickelodeon.
18-year old Chloe Gopo one of the youth reporters remembers the production of the Teen Prostitution episode since it exposed them to the virtually unknown side of high-class prostitution in the City involving female adolescents as a young as age 13.
"akala namin yung mga prostitutes ginagawa nila iyun para may makain sila. Pero yung fineteaure namin hindi sila mahihirap at ginagawa nila dahil pangtustos sa luho nila." (I thought prostitutes are poor women who do it so that they have something to eat. But what we have featured are the ones that do not come from poor families and they do it in order to buy their material wants.)
Teen Prostitution segment was a result of an in-depth reporting workshop conducted by Luz Rimban of the Philippine Center for Investigative Reporting in Manila which was attended by Chloe and her fellow reporter 18 year old Jona Suñer.
For Jona Suñer she fondly remembers the segment "Nursing Dilemma" as it showcases the popularity of Nursing course here in Davao City; herself a second-year-nursing coed Jona said she thought of a story that shows the world of a nursing student.
The story was re-voiced for ABC 5's Sentro News Kabataan Segment and aired on primetime television.
Llaben Pacalles on the other hand is excited on the upcoming "Istatuwa in David" segment. While on a story conference Llaben suggested the topic on the controversial King David Statue erected in Times Beach as a story for KNN production, a subject that caught the interest of Probe Team's editorial consultant Boomah Cruz.
The following week Probe Team had flown to Davao to do a story on the controversial work of art. For the first time KNN Davao and their ates and kuyas from the Probe team produced hand-in hand the Statue of David episode.
The Statue of David segment was shown on Probe Team last Dec. 15, with the KNN story slated to be completed by early January.
"Marami po kami natutunan kina ate Kala, specially yung nag-interview kami kay Councilor Acosta at kina Sir Wendell Avisado" said Llaben who assisted Probe Team producer Kala Reyes during the production of the King David statue segment. Llaben aspires to become a news journalist someday like his Kuyas Howie Severino and Jay Orense who were among his mentors during his training in KNN.
To start the year, KNN Davao is now producing various segments which deals on youth filmmakers, child rappers and the young sign language teachers, which is slated to be aired next year on nationwide television. (PIA)
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