UP College of Mass Communication Alumni Association names 2019 Glory Awardees

THE UNIVERSITY of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UPCMC) Alumni Association will honor five accomplished alumni with the 2019 Glory Award.  

The “Glory Award” is named after Gloria D. Feliciano, the first dean of the UP mass communication program. It honors alumni of UPCMC who have achieved excellence in their communication disciplines and made a significant impact on society through their body of work.

The seven-member jury for this year’s awards was composed of former UPCMC Dean Luis Teodoro, acclaimed screenwriter and journalist Jose “Pete” Lacaba, advertising industry leader Venus Navalta, public relations expert Joy Buensalido, broadcaster and former senator Orly Mercado, UP assistant vice president for public affairs Wendell Capili and former CNN Philippines and ANC news chief Jing Magsaysay, who also represented the family of the late Dean Feliciano.

The awarding ceremony will be held on November 9, at the Film Studio of the UP Film Institute in UP Diliman.

The awardees are Carolyn Arguillas for journalism; Nona Andaya-Castillo and Samira Gutoc for social advocacy; Jeffrey Jeturian for film and visual communication and Florencio “Floy” Quintos for performing arts.

• Carolyn Arguillas, a veteran journalist based in Davao City, is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of daily news site MindaNews, dedicated to stories about Mindanao. She has won the Marshall McLuhan Fellowship Prize from the Canadian government, the Investigative Reporter of the Year award from the Rotary Club of Manila, the Catholic Mass Media Award and the Jaime V. Ongpin Investigative Journalism Award of the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility. 

• Nona Andaya-Castillo has tirelessly championed breastfeeding and the welfare of Filipino mothers and children. Her national and international campaigns have been featured by BBC, Time Magazine, Reuters, and the Associated Press. 

• Samira Gutoc is a longtime advocate of peace in Mindanao. She has been a print journalist, a legislator in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao and part of the 21-member commission that helped draft the Bangsamoro Organic Law. 

• Jeffrey Jeturian has directed feature films that foreshadow a vibrant Philippine independent cinema. He made relevant social themes and issues appeal to wider audiences beyond art house aficionados.

• Floy Quintos is a well-known writer and director of plays and musicals. He has won nine prestigious Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, including three first prizes.