In The Huddle 2010 is a national-level sportswriting congress catered for our country's future sports writers. The first-of-its-kind in the Philippines, it is patterned after international and high-class workshops and seminars that promises to deliver only the best the Philippine media can offer.
After a successful pioneering edition which produced numerous winners in both individual writing and sports section contests last year, ITH is bound to get bigger, better and bolder.
Veteran sports media personalities in the likes of ABS-CBN Sports' TJ Manotoc, Philippine Daily Inquirer's Francis Ochoa, Harper Magazine-New York editor and Pacific Rims author Rafe Bartholomew, among others will share their wealth of knowledge in sports writing, aiming not only to increase our sports scribes' skill level but also to foster in them the love of the craft.
We have designed a program synonymous to effectiveness and excellence; no frills and no spills. The participants will enjoy an interactive way of learning sports writing though talks, interviews, forums, contests (both for the students and the school organ), sports photography crash course, and even a campus media tour to offices of print and multimedia organizations and a taste of live-game coverage in the Philippine Basketball Association at the Araneta Coliseum.
Cash prizes and gift packs also await participants and winners in the contest events.
ITH2010 will not only be a memorable experience for the students, but will surely hone their skills in campus journalism and beyond.
Where are we going to stay during the congress?
ITH2010, with the cooperation of our official hotel partner, Kabayan Hotel, has arranged for our participants from the provinces discounted hotel packages throughout the week-long congress. Kabayan Hotel-Cubao is walking distance away from EDSA, Araneta Center, Aurora Blvd. and public transport main thoroughfares and just a jeepney ride away from the venue.
What makes this event a win-win opportunity for our school?
With veteran sports and media personalities from major dailies, radio and TV, and instructors from the top universities and respected high schools in the country, ITH 2010 is an offer unparalleled by others. Last year, In The Huddle proved to be instrumental to a number of Quezon City sports writers in their winning in the Division, Regional, and National-level contests as well as to their school publications' bagging of string of awards from the RSSPC, the Metro-Manila-wide Teodoro Valencia Search, and the prestigious National Schools Press Conference. This year wouldn't be any different. With much loaded roster of activities and well-known personalities to grace the event, In The Huddle 2010 promises you and your school only the best.
Who can join this and how do we register?
Students from elementary, high school, and college levels, both public and private, can join in the event. Bona fide students from participating schools are eligible to compete in sports writing and sports photography (elementary, secondary, and collegiate-level) competitions while their school organs' latest sports section issue can compete in the search for the best sports section in the Philippines.
You can register by dropping by at the Ignite Academic Training Office, Unit 3A, Adelina I Condominium, Yale cor. Columbia Streets, Cubao, Quezon City (we are open Mondays to Fridays, 9am-7pm). You can also contact our Communications Unit at (0917) 478 3237 / (0923) 950 0320 or email us at igniteworkshops@rocketmail.com.
Registration fee for the three-day congress is pegged at Php 650.00 but pre-registrants who will register on or before October 20 will pay only Php 550.00. We are also offering a group package at Php 2,500.00 for a group of five delegates coming from the same school.
For more information, just feel free to inquire at the numbers given above or visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ith2010
By Myke Miravite, Ignite Academic Training
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