THREE BusinessMirror writers won one of the major awards given out by the De La Salle University (DLSU) to celebrate outstanding professional and student media coverage of youth and education stories.
The 2022 Lasallian Scholarum Awards (LSA), held on March 9 via livestreaming, centered on the theme, “Kabanata ng Kabataan,” in view of the challenge to the Filipino youth to shape the new normal, as the country continues to combat the pandemic while preparing for the May national and local elections.
Among this year’s winners, “‘Old-school’ ways a thing of the past as pandemic paves new learning landscapes,” a special report written by Rizal Raoul Reyes, Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco and Mike Policarpio of the BusinessMirror was adjudged Outstanding Published Feature Article on Youth and Education in a Nationally Circulated Publication.
Other winners are: “Lasallian heroes against Martial Law honored on International Day of Peace” by Aurora Quadra-Balibay of Good News Pilipinas for Outstanding Feature Story on De La Salle University; “Munting Bisig” by GMA Network’s The Atom Araullo Specials for Outstanding Video Feature Story on Youth Education;
“Digital Sex Crimes in Asia: The Filipino Mothers Selling their Children for Online Sexual Abuse” by Neil Jayson Servallos of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and OneNews.PH for Outstanding Online Feature on Youth and Education; and “Seeking justice: The uphill battle for safer spaces in academic institutions” by Alexandra Simone Enriquez and Criscela Ysabelle Racelis of DLSU’s The LaSallian for Outstanding Published Feature Story on Youth and Education in a School Organ.
Special commendation honors were also given to “Pandemic Teachers” by Kara David of GMA’s I-Witness for the Outstanding Video Feature Story on Youth and Education and “DLSU researchers use machine learning for a deeper meaning of data from international assessments” by Noel Pabalate of Manila Bulletin for Outstanding Feature Story on De La Salle University.
This year’s board of judges included PHINMA Corporation Vice President, Chief Risk Officer & Director for Strategy Danielle del Rosario, Asia Foundation Chief of Party, Youth Leadership for Development Nathalie Christine Jorge, Signum Fidei Association National Brother Adviser and DLSU Senior High School faculty member Br. Richie Yap FSC, Independent executive producer and writer Lolita Lachica, and multi-awarded Lasallian student leader Emmanuel Mirus Ponon.
Winners in the professional categories each received a sculpture especially designed and crafted by renowned sculptor Toym De Leon Imao.
Now in its 17th year, the Lasallian Scholarum Awards contracted an independent media-monitoring agency for the screening of youth and education news and feature stories.