MANILA, Philippines — Stories on deteriorating jail conditions, low student enrollment, the crackdown on activists and vaccine hesitancy won big at the 2021 Chit Estella Student Journalism Awards. They were awarded at the Philippine Journalism Research Conference 2021 which was held online from May 7 to May 8 with the theme "State of Journalism during Pandemic." Jamela Alindogan, Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) president and Al Jazeera correspondent, delivered a keynote speech on Friday. Christina Quiambao, also from UP, jointly won first prize in the Academic Research category for her study on the effects of the pandemic on online and print journalism. The full list of awardees and video recordings from the conference can be found on the Philippine Journalism Research Conference 2021 Facebook page.

Source: Philippine Star May 08, 2021 08:03 UTC