ENG 116

CAMPUS JOURNALISM
1st Semester AY. 2023-2024
Course Facilitator: Dr. Miraluna T. Sabid

Chapter III. Campus Paper and Publication Staff

Reporters:

Badge Fuentes
Elyssa Jead Asunciom
Daniela Alejaga
Baby Ann Bargo

BSEd English 3-B

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 Reporter:
Badge Fuentes

Lesson 1. Newspaper vs. Campus Paper

The National Newspaper

Before delving on campus paper, it is wise to start the discussion on a supra level. This is
for you to understand primarily the concept of the system that campus paper has. Thus, a
newspaper is a publication sold and distributed regularly in a fixed interval. It may be monthly,
bi-monthly, weekly, daily, etc. and this is because newspapers fall under the category
“periodicals.” Usually, news in newspapers is meant to be persuasive, and this is why some news
includes opinions and comments that stimulate reactions from the readers. Another latent
function of newspapers is to entertain by the use of photos, cartoons, quizzes and other
interesting features.

While papers published every day are called dailies, we call those which are published
weekly weeklies. National papers are widely available and easily bought. National papers fall
under two categories: the popular paper and the heavy or quality papers. Popular papers present
their news in a lively fashion with easy-to-read articles and many photographs. Heavy or quality
papers are printed with longer articles stressing on important and serious events in the country.

Some newspaper publishers produce Sunday papers sometimes, with the same nameplate
as the daily papers. These are not Sunday editions of the dailies but instead, they are of different
editors and editorial staff. The reason behind this is the availability of more people to read during
Sundays. The price of the Sunday paper tends to be higher than the regular paper, but it contains
more news.

The Campus Paper

The Campus Paper is the version of the national newspaper within an academic
institution. In other words, it is a pioneer in the publishing industry as a free newspaper of the
students by the students and for the students to circulate within the academic community. The
Campus Paper may broaden its reach like the community and other agencies in the society.

With the advent of the Campus Journalism Act of 1991, otherwise known as Republic
Act Numbered 7079, the establishment of campus publication in basic education and in higher
learning institutions has been legalized.

Since the campus paper is run by the students, they have the chance to simulate the daily
newspaper’s characteristics and at the same time act as journalists in their own fields. It should
be noted that the campus paper is contextualized within the institution; hence, priority issues
should emanate from the institution before touching local, national and international concerns.

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 It is observed that the size and frequency of the paper vary, depending on the policies of
the editorial board, the fund or publication budget and the population of the learning institution.
There are higher learning institutions which collect a campus paper fee that can finance a
semestral release of a newsletter, a tabloid, a magazine, I broadsheet and sometimes a literary
folio. The school, too, may decide to release a special edition of its publication or organ during
intramurals and foundation days or on my special occasions. In many instances, though, school
papers under the Department of Education opt to release newsletters due to the consideration of
the fund, the population and the scope.

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 Reporter:
Elyssa Jead Asuncion

Lesson 2. Brief History of Campus Journalism

On a 4” x 6” sheet of paper, Samuel Fickle Fox penned the first issue of The Students
Gazette on July 11, 1777 at the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, USA. Published
continuously until August 1778, when the British soldiers closed the school, The Gazette is
recognized as the first student publication in the English-speaking world.

In the Philippines, according to Jesus Valenzuela in the History of Journalism in the

Philippine Islands (1933) and John Lent in the Philippine Mass Communication (1964), the
history of campus journalism in the Philippines started when the University of Santo Tomas
published El Liliputiense in 1890.

However, Oscar Manalo, Narciso Matienzo, and Virgilio Monteloyola in Ang

Pamahayagan (1985) argued that the history of campus journalism in the country started when
the University of the Philippines published The College Folio, now The Philippine Collegian, in
1910. They also added that The Torch of the Philippine Normal University, The Guidon of the
Ateneo de Manila University, and The Varsitarian of the University of Santo Tomas were also
published two years later.

Whatever came first, Carlos Romulo y Peña edited The Coconut, the official student
publication of the Manila High School, now the Araullo High School. It was published in 1912
and it is now considered the first and oldest high school newspaper in the country.

In 1923, La Union High School in the Ilocos Region published The La Union Tab, the
first printed and regularly issued high school newspaper in the country. Since then, high school
newspapers came out one after the other.

Among these high school newspapers were The Pampangan, Pampanga High School,
1925; The Leytean, Leyte High School, 1925; The Rizalian, Rizal High School, 1926; The
Coconut, Tayabas High School, 1927; The Volcano, Batangas High School, 1927; The Toil, La
Union Trade School, 1928; The Samarinian, Samar High School, 1928; The Melting Pot, Tarlac
High School, 1929; The Granary, Nueva Ecija High School, 1929; The Torres Torch, Torres High
School, 1930; and The Cagayan Student Chronicle, Cagayan High School, 1931

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 Reporter:
Daniela D. Alejaga

Lesson 3. Functions of Campus Paper

A student publication is a media outlet such as a newspaper, magazine, television show,

or radio station produced by students at an educational institution.

A. Aids to the students (Members)

1. To provide an opportunity for interest writing.

2. To give the students the opportunity to learn how to read the newspapers.
3. To act as stimulus to better work
4. To develop student’s powers of observation and discrimination concerning relative merits of
news articles.
5. To serve as an outlet and motivation for journalistic writing.
6. To offer training in organization, business methods, commercial art, salesmanship,
bookkeeping, and business management.
7. To develop qualities of cooperation, tact accuracy, tolerance, responsibility and leadership.

B. Aids to the school and community

1. To inform the community as to the work of the school.

2. To publish school news.
3. To create and express school opinion.
4. To make known the achievements of the school.
5. To help unify the school
6. To encourage and stimulate worthwhile activities.
7. To develop right standards of conduct.
8. To provide an outlet for students, suggestions for the betterment of the school.
9. To develop better interschool relationship.

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 Reporters:
Daniela Alejaga
Elyssa Jead Asuncion

Lesson 4. Duties and Responsibilities of Publication Staff

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of

information about current issues.

1. Chief Editor - The chief editor supervises the editorial staff of the paper. Usually, he/ she
writes the editorials of the organ after consultation with the members of the editorial staff.
However, any member may write the editorial so long as he/she follows the guidelines in writing.
Further. he/she edits all articles preparatory to submission of the same to the adviser for final
editing and approval for publication. He / She likewise supervises the preparation of the layout,
dummy of the paper and its pagination in cooperation with the managing editor and layout artist.
He/She also causes the accomplishment of all assignments properly and on time. At times, he/she
acts as the liaison officer between the editorial staff and the adviser, as he/ she also calls
meetings of the staff.

2. Associate Editor - The associate editor edits the articles in cooperation with the chief editor.
Also, he/she may be delegated to write editorials of the organ. He prepares assignments of
section editors in consultation with the chief editor. Further, he/she cooperates in the preparation
of the layout of the paper and paging of the same with the chief editor and the managing editor.

3. Managing Editor - Acting as the hand of the board, the managing editor brings articles to the
press for typesetting. As such, he/she also checks articles for typographical errors. Prepares the
layout of the paper and paging of the same in consultation with the chief editor. Finally, he/she
proofreads galley proofs before these are finally approved by the chief editor, then by the adviser
for printing.

4. Circulation Manager - As the nomenclature suggests, he/she is assigned in ensuring the

release and distribution of the paper. He/She also guarantees the smooth how of the passing of
articles from reporters to section editors. He/She is assigned to oversee the flow of processes in
crafting the paper.

5. Section Editors
a. News Editor - Assigned as the reporter to cover events relevant to the school activities, he/she
writes news articles on assignment from the chief editor or through his/her own initiative in
consultation with the latter. However, his/her primordial job is to edit all news articles submitted
by the writers preparatory to submission of the same to the chief editor then to the adviser.

b. Filipino Editor - This is an optional staff function or position; nonetheless, his/her prime job is
to write the editorial of the Filipino section. He/She also edits all articles preparatory to

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submission of the same to the Filipino adviser for final editing and for publication. Sometimes,
he/she causes the submission of all Filipino articles properly and timely. He/She may likewise
act as a liaison officer between the Filipino staff and the chief editor.

c. Feature Editor - The feature editor gives out assignments to feature writers. He/She then
receives and edits feature articles preparatory to the submission of the same to the chief editor.
Sometimes, he/she writes regular articles or column.

d. Exchange Editor - For beginning school paper system, this is an optional function.
Sometimes, the functions of the exchange editor are accomplished by the circulation manager.
Nevertheless, the exchange editor makes up a list of school papers sent by other schools. He/She
is designated to mail copies of own paper to these schools as he/she also files their papers on a
bulletin board or display them on a newspaper rack. He/She, too, keeps files of school
information, such as class lists and lists of homeroom advisers, faculty and staff members.

e. Layout Section Editors - They are assigned to cause the assignment of the school‘s official
photographer to take pictures on school’s activities for the month or for a Specified time. They
prepare pictorial articles of the organ in consultation with the managing editor and chief editor.
Sometimes, their job is to write the captions of pictures utilized by the paper in cooperation with
the chief editor.

f. Layout Artists - They take charge of designing and formatting of all pages in the paper. As
such, they label or properly identify all pictures made available for publication. It is suggested
that they write using pencil at the back of every picture of the event to which a particular picture
refers. They likewise help in the preparation of the layout of pictorial stories and make
illustrations fog feature articles.

6. The Reporters - The life of the contents depends on the skills of the reporters. They secure
the cold and raw facts of an assigned event and write articles out of the same. Moreover, they
receive assignments from the section editors or board of editors and then accomplish the same
properly and timely.

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 Reporter:
Baby Ann Bargo

Lesson 5. Parts of Campus Paper

Sections/Part of A Campus Paper

Whether it is a community, metropolitan, or national paper, its parts and sections are more or
less the same. 19 Traditionally, these are:

A. Front Page

1. Local news – news that takes place within the country.

2. Foreign news – news that takes place outside the country.
3. Dateline news – an out-of-town news story. It is introduced by a dateline which states the
place from which the story was reported, the date, and the source of the material if not written by
the local staff, as Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 25 (AP).
4. Weather news – usually a boxed forecast of the area, sometimes the temperature, wind
directions, and velocities. 5. Index – a slug line indicating an important inside page story and the
page where it is found.
5. Index – a slug line indicating an important inside page story and the page where
it is found.
6. Other things found on the Front Page: (Those with asterisk may or may not be
present).
a. Nameplate – The engraved or printed name of the newspaper, as the
Manila Times or PNC Torch.
b. Ears – The little boxes on either side of the nameplate.
c. Banner – The principal headline bearing the boldest and biggest type. It
is the title of the most important news of the day which is called
banner news. It may or may not run across the page. It id does, it
may also be called a streamer.
d. Running head – a head made up of two or more lines.
e. Headline – The title of any news story. The word headline is used only
for titles of news stories.
f. Deck – a subordinate headline placed immediately below its mother
headline, also known as bank or readout.
g. Lead – The beginning of a news story. It may be a word, a group of
words, a sentence, or even a paragraph.
h. News story – The whole story of an event composed of the lead and the
text which is the elaboration of the lead.
i. Columns – The horizontal division into parts of a newspaper. Many
national papers are divided into eight columns while a typical school
paper is divided into five columns of 12 ems each.
j. Column rule – The vertical line that divides the page into columns. Most

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pages of newspaper are divided into columns by a space usually one
em wide. This space is called the sunken rule.
k. Fold – The imaginary horizontal line that divides the newspaper equally
into two parts.
l. Byline – The signature of a reporter preceding a news-feature, as By
Warren Cruz.
m. Box – News materials enclosed by line rules.
n. Cut – A metal plate bearing a newspaper’s illustration, also known as
cliché.
o. Cutline – The text accompanying photos and other art work, better
known as a caption. If written above the photo just like a slugline,
it is called an overline.
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p. Kicker – A tagline placed above but smaller than a headline, also known
as teaser. If it is bigger than the headline, it is called a hammer.
q. Credit line – A line giving the source of story or illustration, as Reprinted
from the “Manila Times” or Photo by MPI.

B. Editorial Page

1. Folio – Consists of the page number, date of publication, and name of the newspaper, usually
written on top of the page. This is also found in the other pages.
2. Masthead – The editorial box containing the logo, names of the staff members and position in
the staff, subscription rate, the publisher, and other pertinent data about the newspaper. A logo (a
shorter word for logotype) is a cut which contains an identifying word or words, such as the
name of the newspaper or of a section.
3. Editorial proper – A commentary written by any of the editors who comments or gives the
opinion of the staff or of the whole paper on various subjects. It is the stand of the paper.
4. Editorial column - A personal opinion written by the columnist himself or herself. Like the
editorial proper, it may attack, teach, entertain, or appeal depending upon its purpose.
5. Editorial cartoon – Usually a caricature emphasizing a simple point. Usually humorous, it has
the function of the editorial. It stands by itself and is not a complement of the editorial proper.
6. Editorial liner – a short statement or quoted saying placed at the end of an editorial column or
editorial to drive home a message.
7. Op-ed – It is an abbreviation of opposite of editorial page (though often believed to be
abbreviated from opinion-editorial) is a newspaper article that expresses opinions of a named
writer who is usually unaffiliated with the newspaper’s editorial board.
8. Letter to the editor – A letter sent in by the reader giving his personal views on certain aspects.

C. Sports Page - Sports stories are classified as news stories; therefore, what may be found in the
news page may also be found in the sports section. Other things that may be found in the sports
section are the sports commentaries and sports features.

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