Tinig ng plaridel

Tinig ng Plaridel, the official student publication of the UP College of Mass Communication, came to existence in 1978, when then-President Ferdinand Marcos’ repressive machinery was at its deadliest and most desperate times. Amid this critical scenario, student journalists of the Institute of Mass Communication (now the College of Mass Communication) promoted freedom of expression through writing and publishing their own sentiments in print.

Years reduced the publication to near-dormancy as less issues came out. Financial setbacks and the lack of writers accounted for TNP’s irregular release of issues. Despite these problems, TNP struggled to remain the media arm of the college by adapting to the times. It briefly put out a magazine format in the late ‘80s and went online in the late ‘90s.

In an attempt to release the newspaper despite financial constraints, TNP underwent a “wall news” revolution in 2005. The issues were posted in the college and even in UP dormitories. In the same year, TNP was also given airtime by DZUP 1602 to broadcast 30-minute commentaries on pertinent issues affecting the college.

TNP prides in trailblazing paths in campus journalism. The publication innovated coverage of the student council elections in 2008 through a broadcast partnership dubbed “Boto ni Isko ’08” with DZUP.

With the first fully-automated 2009 student council elections, TNP begun a tradition of thorough and comprehensive election coverage, in partnership with other university student publications. TNP received the most website views of any publication covering the election that year.

Through [tinigngplaridel.net] and other social networking media, news updates and reportage have become quicker and more convenient for TNP’s CMC and even university audience.

Now TNP is back on its feet, it is time for our local newspaper to continue being the watchdog of CMC. As communication students, we should take the lead in information dissemination and involvement in campus issues.

Let your voice be heard. Inform and be informed.

EDITORIAL BOARD Academic Year 2013-2014

MELISSA LUZ LOPEZ Editor-in-Chief

MARIEJO MARISS RAMOS Associate Editor

MARISSE GABRIELLE PANALIGAN Managing Editor

IZA DARLENE CAY ELIZABETH ESCAÑO News Editors

BEATA REGINA CAROLINO Features Editor

JOHN EDISON UBALDO Sports Editor

JULIUS RYAN UMALI Layout Editor

TINIG NG PLARIDEL is a member of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) and SOLIDARIDAD (UP Systemwide Alliance of Student Publications and Writers’ Organizations), and is an academic partner of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR).

Read TNP at www.tinigngplaridel.net

Contact us at tnp.newsroom@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter (@tinigngplaridel) and on Facebook (facebook.com/tinigngplaridel)