6th Hildegarde Awards cites PJR Reports
PJR Reports (PJRR), the country’s first and only media-monitoring publication, was cited for outstanding achievement in print journalism at the 6th Hildegarde Awards for Women in Media and Communication.
The special citation was for “its series of reports and articles on the issues of press freedom and media responsibility and its continuing advocacy for ethical media practice.”
Photo by John Reiner M. Antiquerra
The Mass Communication Department of St. Scholastica’s College-Manila established the Hildegarde Awards in 2007 to recognize the achievements and best practices of women in mass media and allied fields which can serve as models and for practitioners to emulate. The awards were named after Benedictine saint St. Hildegarde von Bingen, a female intellectual in Germany in the 12th century.
Special citations for outstanding achievement in print journalism were also given to Newsbreak’s Elena Masilungan and the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Jessilyn dela Cruz.
Special citations for outstanding achievement were given in the following fields:
Broadcast journalism
– The Good News with Vicky Morales
– Kapuso mo Jessica Soho
– Storyline
PJR Reports managing editor Bryant Macale (middle) accepts the Hildegarde Awards plaque for PJR Reports during the awards ceremonies at St. Scholastica's College (SSC) last March 10. Joining him onstage are (from left to right): SSC print journ representative Kim Aiville de Guzman, Dean of College Dr. Remedios Ching, Dean of Arts and Sciences Prof. Ma. Asuncion Azcuna, and Johnathan Rondina, Hildegarde Awards founding chair. Photo by Kristen Milanz Externon
Development communication
– “Think before you click” (GMA News and Public Affairs)
– “We can be anything” (Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation and Apl. de. Ap. Foundation)
– Series of posters by the World Wildlife Fund
Advertising
– “Bayanihan” by ASPAC Global Creative Business
– “Baptism of Fire” by Publicis Jimenez-Basic
– “Surrogates” by Publicis Jimenez-Basic
St. Scholastica’s mass communication students selected the winners in the special citations division.
Photo by John Reiner M. Antiquerra
This year’s Lifetime Achievement Awardees were women’s organization ISIS International and writer Gilda Cordero Fernando. Previous Lifetime Achievement awardees include journalists Carolyn Arguillas, Cheche Lazaro, Ceres Doyo, and the news organization Women’s Feature Service.
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